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The Pyramid

The Pyramid

by William Golding

Publisher Faber & Faber

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  • Hardcover

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  • Book Condition & Notes

    Faber and Faber, London, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The sixth novel from the author of "Lord of the Flies." Near fine copy with some minor shelf wear top and bottom of spine and corners. Dust jacket also near fine with some wear to top of spine and corners. A remarkably fresh and bright copy.

About the book

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.

About the Author

William Golding

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 Free Fall, Pincher Martin, The Double Tongue, and Rites of Passage, which won the Booker Prize.

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