num_pages: 174
description: The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his side of the story in a book William Gass called "one of the finest of our contemporary fictions."
language: English
title: Grendel
titlecomplete: Grendel
characters: Beowulf, Grendel
genres: Fiction, Classics, Retellings, High School, Literary Fiction, Mythology, Fantasy, Literature, Novels, School
ratings_count: 37834
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
publisher: Random House Vintage Books