I am currently working on a series of radio plays for BBC Radio 4's 'Classic Serial' based on the Titus Groan novels of Mervyn Peake.Re-reading Peake's fantastical prose, I came across a wonderful phrase which I had totally forgotten describing of the manner in which the gargantuan chef, Swelter (right), addresses the terrorised kitchen urchins who work for him.
The author, writes of Swelter leaning forward, "dropping each confidential word like a cannon ball smeared with syrup."
Brilliant!
This post first appeared on Brian Sibley: his blog
