Spire (Harvest Book) - Softcover

Golding, Sir William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156027828 ISBN 13: 9780156027823

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2002

Synopsis

The vision that drives Dean Jocelin to construct an immense new spire above his cathedral tests the limits of all who surround him. The foundationless stone pillars shriek and the earth beneath them heaves under the structureâ€TMs weight as the Deanâ€TMs will weighs down his collapsing faith.

About this title

Book Description:

From William Golding - the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature and author of Lord of the Flies - The Spire is a dark portrait of one man's obsession, and the folly that his overreaching ambition creates.

About the Author:

Born in Cornwall, England, William Golding started writing at the age of seven. Though he studied natural sciences at Oxford to please his parents, he also studied English and published his first book, a collection of poems, before finishing college. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, participating in the Normandy invasion. Golding's other novels include Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, The Spire, Rites of Passage (Booker Prize), and The Double Tongue.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0156027828
• ISBN 13: 9780156027823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228