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1	Lord of the Flies more books like this by Sir William Golding One of a series of titles first published by Faber between 1930 and 1990, and in a style and format planned with a view to the appearance of the volumes on the bookshelf. Golding's celebrated story is about small boys marooned on a coral island, where life turns into a nightmare of panic and death. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.25! \| first editions
2	Lord of the Flies: Great Books Edition more books like this by Sir William Golding see all copies from £7.02! new only from £9.36!
3	The Spire more books like this by Sir William Golding Dean Jocelin has a vision that God has chosen him to erect a great spire on his cathedral. The masons anxiously advise against it, and things have happened around the cathedral which it is better not to question men too closely about. But, without foundations, the spire rises octagon upon octagon, pinnacle by pinnacle, until the stone pillars ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Free fall more books like this by Sir William Golding An artist, Sammy Mountjoy, rises to fame from obscurity. Then, during World War II, he is captured by the Nazis and confined to a prison cell in total darkness.The novel traces Sammy's life through flashbacks as he, told that his execution is imminent, reflects upon his past. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.56! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume IV: Romantic Poetry and Prose more books like this by Sir William Golding, Lionel Trilling (Editor), Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) see all copies from £2.78! new only from £31.45!
6	The pyramid more books like this by Sir William Golding Oliver is eighteen, and wants to enjoy himself before going to university. But this is the 1920s, and he lives in Stilbourne, a small English country town, where everyone knows what everyone else is getting up to, and where love, lust and rebellion are closely followed by revenge and embarrassment. Written with great perception and subtlety, The ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	An Egyptian Journal more books like this by Sir William Golding William Golding's interest in ancient Egypt has previously been expressed in two essays, and in the novella "The Scorpion God". This account covers his journey down the Nile in today's Egypt. He recalls his trip honestly and humorously, and shares his feelings about Egypt past and present. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £13.37! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy more books like this by Sir William Golding This is a one-volume edition of the sequence of three novels set in the early 19th century, about a sea voyage from England to Australia. "Rites of Passage" won the Booker Prize. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Close Quarters more books like this by Sir William Golding Following "Rites of Passage", this is second of Golding's "Sea Trilogy". Half-way to Australia in a wilderness of heat, stillness and sea mists, a ball is held on a becalmed ship. In this surreal atmosphere the passengers dance and flirt, while beneath them thickets of weed spread over the hull. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	William Golding's Lord of the Flies more books like this by Sir William Golding -- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature -- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.51!
11 view cover	Pincher Martin: The Two Deaths of Christopher Martin more books like this by Sir William Golding Pincher Martin, a naval officer, is adrift in the Atlantic after his ship is torpedoed. He clings for days to a barren rock, eating sea anemones and trying his best to remain conscious. Delirious, he relives his past. At the end of the novel, it becomes clear that Pincher Martin has been dead all along. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £11.17! \| first editions
12 view cover	Fire Down Below more books like this by Sir William Golding An old ship rolls and pitches towards her destination. She still contains - precariously at times - her cosmos of human beings. There are panics, crises, agonizing decisions. There is a marriage at sea. This book completes a trilogy with "Rites of Passage" (Booker Prize) and "Close Quarters". see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Darkness visible more books like this by Sir William Golding A young boy named Matty is rescued from a horrible fire during the London blitz and is permanently mutilated. He grows up to be a religious visionary. As in all Golding's works, the force for good is balanced by a force for evil, in this case a pair of twins who have been seduced by the attractions of darkness. The novel's title comes from Milton ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £7.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Paper Men more books like this by Sir William Golding Golding explores his favorite themes--the prevalence of evil in the world and the ease with which human beings can become corrupted by it--in this neglected 1984 allegorical novel about a novelist and the biographer who is stalking him. THE PAPER MEN is famous for its surprise shocker of an ending. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Pincher Martin more books like this by Sir William Golding In the icy desolation of the North Atlantic, senseless with cold and shock, Christopher Hadley Martin, temporary lieutenant, is drowning. Then, unbelievably, out of the mirk looms a grotesque shape, larger than any ship. When he has hauled himself on to it and come to his senses a bit, Martin realizes where he must be: on that rock projecting from ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Double Tongue: The Nobel Laureate's Stunning Final Novel more books like this by Sir William Golding This short novel, a fictional memoir of an aged prophetess at Delphi, the most sacred oracle of ancient Greece, was left in draft at the author's death. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £5.74! \| first editions
17 view cover	Wallace Stevens: The Poems of Our Climate more books like this by Sir William Golding, Harold Bloom see all copies from £7.70! new only from £11.31! \| first editions
18	The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces more books like this by Sir William Golding see all copies from £9.15! first editions
19 view cover	The scorpion god: three short novels more books like this by Sir William Golding Three short novels: THE SCORPION GOD, CLONK CLONK, and ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £9.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
20	Michel de Montaigne's Essays more books like this by Sir William Golding see all copies from £10.14!
21 view cover	Romanticism and Consciousness: Essays in Criticism more books like this by Sir William Golding, Harold Bloom (Editor) 'Romanticism and Consciousness' is a comprehensive collection of essays on Romanticism-its intellectual and political backgrounds, its place in literary history, its continued relevance to the present age, its relation to psychoanalysis and other modern trends of thought-and on the major English Romantic poets. The topics covered include the ... see all copies from £7.35! new only from £11.44!
22	Thomas Mann's the Magic Mountain more books like this by Sir William Golding A collection of critical essays on Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain" arranged in chronological order of publication. see all copies from £15.42! new only from £74.14!
23 view cover	Joseph Conrad more books like this by Sir William Golding, Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) -- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights -- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world -- from the English medievalists to contemporary writers see all copies from £5.65! new only from £18.36! \| first editions
24 view cover	Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness more books like this by Sir William Golding, Joseph Conrad (Editor) -- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature -- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index see all copies from £5.72! new only from £43.84!
25 view cover	Anthony Burgess (Mod Crit Vws)(Oop) more books like this by Sir William Golding, Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) Professor Bloom has written a lengthy introduction and presents essays by major critics from a variety of perspectives on the work of British novelist Anthony Burgess, author of "A Clockwork Orange" and the Enderby novels. see all copies from £21.98! new only from £39.54!

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