GOLDING, William Gerald

Lord of the Flies

An aeroplane full of schoolboys crash in a desert island and only the boys survive. Led by Ralph and Piggy, the boys organise themselves by setting up a democratically elected society. It quickly falls...

The Paper Men

A satiric tale about the relationship between a biographer and his reluctant subject is a work of great comedy, with an unexpected climax. 

William Golding (1911-1993) was a Booker and Nobel Prize-...

The Spire

Dean Jocelin has a vision from God and is told to erect a huge spire on his medieval cathedral. The locals think he is insane and the other clergy mock him for trying to do the impossible. William Golding...