num_pages: 178
description: Paralysed, mute and confined to a wheelchair, former palaeontologist Sir Hugo Coal recounts the events that led to his 'cerebral accident', as well as his suspicions of his butler Fledge, who he suspects is plotting to replace him as Lord of Crook Manor.
language: English
title: The Grotesque
titlecomplete: The Grotesque
characters: Sidney Giblet, Victor Horn, John Crowthorne, Hilary Coal, Harriet Coal, Hugo Coal, Lady Giblet, Henry Horn, Cleo Coal, Fledge, Doris Fledge, George Lecky
genres: Thriller, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Gothic, Horror, Suspense, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 1587
publisher: Vintage