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Darkness Visible: With an introduction by Philip Hensher (FSG Classics)

Darkness Visible: With an introduction by Philip Hensher (FSG Classics)

by Philip Hensher (Introduction), William Golding (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

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Synopsis

Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize Darkness Visible opens at the height of the London Blitz, when a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. Miraculously saved but hideously scarred, soon 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, his book reveals both the inner and outer darkness of our time.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 07 Nov 2013
ISBN 10: 0571298575
ISBN 13: 9780571298570
Book Overview: Set in the midst Blitz, The Darkness Visible is the classic novel by Nobel Prize for literature winner and author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding.

Author Bio
William Golding (1911-1993) was a Booker and Nobel Prize-winning author, best known for his first novel, Lord of the Flies, published originally in 1954 and adapted for film in 1963. His other works include The Inheritors (1955), Pincher Martin (1956), The Spire (1964), Rites of Passage (1980), The Double Tongue (published posthumously in 1995) a now rare volume, Poems (1934) and the essay collections The Hot Gates and A Moving Target. Golding was educated at Marlborough Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford. Before his writing career, Golding was a schoolmaster. He was also a keen actor, musician and small-boat sailor. In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on their list of The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 .