This chilling mystery by the Nobel Prize-winning author focuses on the half-hidden evil so convincingly evoked in Lord of the Flies. At the height of the London blitz, a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. MiracuLousLy saved yet hideously scarred, tormented at school and at work, Matty becomes a wanderer, a seeker after some unknown redemption. Two more lost children await him: twins as exquisite as they are LoveLess. Toni dabbles in political violence, Sophy in sexual tyranny. As Golding weaves their destinies ...
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This chilling mystery by the Nobel Prize-winning author focuses on the half-hidden evil so convincingly evoked in Lord of the Flies. At the height of the London blitz, a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. MiracuLousLy saved yet hideously scarred, tormented at school and at work, Matty becomes a wanderer, a seeker after some unknown redemption. Two more lost children await him: twins as exquisite as they are LoveLess. Toni dabbles in political violence, Sophy in sexual tyranny. As Golding weaves their destinies together, as he draws them toward a final conflagration, his book Lights up both the inner and outer darknesses of our time.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Printed wrappers. Light toning at the spine ends, near fine in an oversized, near fine dust jacket with slight toning, and a few tiny creases.
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