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Title: DARKNESS VISIBLE
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PHILIP HENSHER
By: William Golding, Philip Hensher
Format: Paperback

List price: £8.99


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ISBN 10: 0571298575
ISBN 13: 9780571298570
Publisher: FABER & FABER
Pub. date: 7 November, 2013
Pages: 416
Description: 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.
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.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Returns: Returnable
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