Grendel

John Gardner

earliest edition we have, 1971 Tandem Library, 1999

A Borzoi book

The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own side of the story in this frequently banned book. This classic and much lauded retelling of Beowulf follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the war at the center of the Anglo Saxon classic epic. This is the book William Gass called "one of the finest of our contemporary fictions."

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Editions we hold

Grendel edition · 2009 · Milena Verlag · 194 pages · 9783852861746
Grendel paperback · 2004 · Gollancz · 144 pages · 9780575075825
Grendel edition · 1999 · Tandem Library · 9780808566489
Grendel audiobook · 1997 · Recorded Books · 9780788711039
Grendel audiobook · 1997 · Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pages · 9781664405561
Grendel paperback · 1989 · Vintage Books · 174 pages · 9780679723110
Grendel edition · 1985 · Vintage Books · 152 pages
Grendel. edition · 1980 · Penguin · 174 pages
Grendel paperback · 1979 · Ballantine Books · 152 pages · 9780345288653
Grendel edition · 1978 · Perfection Learning Prebound · 9780812417302
Grendel paperback · 1977 · Ballantine Books · 152 pages · 9780345275097
Grendel paperback · 1975 · Ballantine Books · 9780345250766

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