John Gardner is the author of the novel Grendel written in 1971. It is a restating of part of the Old English poem Beowulf from the perspective of the antagonist, Grendel. In the novel, Grendel is portrayed as an anti-hero. The novel deals with finding meaning in the world, the power of literature and myth, and the nature of good and evil.
The line from grendel that best depicts the darker side of the character beowulf is:
A) he's whispering- spilling words like showers of sleep, his mouth three inches from my ear
