John Gardner’s captivating book “Grendel” is a literary masterpiece. It explores the life of a monster at first sight, but you find is more than meets the eye. In the following paragraphs I will take you through this awe-inspiring novel. When we first meet Grendel in this novel we find him wasting with a ram. The story begins in Grendel’s twelfth year of his “idiotic war”. The first chapter explains Grendel’s life …showed first 75 words of 812 total…

…showed last 75 words of 812 total…himself fall into the chasm. In conclusion, Grendel is a story of the life and times of a monster from long ago. A fictitious record of this monster’s battle with Hrothgar, Beowulf, and of course life. He went from early monster hood, exploring the night and it’s surroundings, to his nights of killing and torture to the local mead hall. In my opinion John Gardner’s novel Grendal is a great fictitious novel.