Grendel, John Gardner biographies & memoirs and the sweet relief he

and the sweet relief he gets from sinking his teeth into other people's limbs

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like cuddly toys

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Grendel, John Gardner biographies & memoirs and the sweet relief heWhen Grendel is drawn up from the caves under the mere where he lives with his bloated, inarticulate hag of a mother into the fresh night air, it is to lay waste Hrothgar's meadhall and heap destruction on the humans he finds there. What else can he do? For he is not like the men who busy themselves with God, love and beauty. He sees the infuriating human rage for order and recognises the meaninglessness of his own existence. GRENDEL is John Gardner's