The Grotesque
Non-Series
Patrick McGrath
Publisher: Poseidon Press
ISBN: 067166509X
Published: May 1989
Synopsis: This is a disturbing gothic tale set in a manor house in Berkshire in 1949, in which Sir Hugo Coal, amateur palaeontologist, curmudgeon and sexual fantasist, recounts the fall of the House of Crook.
The Grotesque
John-Paul Davidson, Director
Alan Bates: Sir Hugo Coal
Theresa Russell: Lady Harriet Coal
Sting: Fledge
Lena Headey: Cleo Coal
Jim Carter: George Lecky
Anna Massey: Mrs. Giblet
Trudie Styler: Doris
Maria Aitken: Lavinia Freebody
James Fleet: Inspector Limp
Steven Mackintosh: Sidney Giblet
John Mills: Sir Edward Cleghorn
Source: ScanBox
Original Release: 03/07/1997 (US)
DVD Release: 11/22/2005 (UK)
Rating: R
Time: 1:39:00
Note: Also known as Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets in the US, and released on VHS as Grave Indiscretion. Not currently available on Region 1 formatted DVD.
