This classic and much lauded retelling of Beowulf follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the war at the center ofthe Anglo Saxon classic epic.

“An extraordinary achievement.”–New York Times

The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own side ofthe story in this frequently banned book.This is the novel William Gass called “one of the finest of our contemporary fictions.”