Grendel

<b>This classic and much lauded retelling of <i>Beowulf</i> follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the war at the center of the Anglo Saxon classic epic.</b><br><br><b>"An extraordinary achievement."—<i>New York Times</i></b><br><br>The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic <i>Beowulf</i>, tells his own side of the story in this frequently banned book. This is the novel William Gass called "one of the finest of our contemporary fictions."