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  • Lord of the Flies

    by William Golding ...
    ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT CHANGED OUR WORLD''Exciting, relevant and thought provoking.' STEPHEN KING'One of my favourite books.' SUZANNE COLLINS'Exemplary.' IAN MCEWANWith an Introduction by Executive Producer Joel Wilson, Director Marc Munden and Writer Jack Thorne'There aren't any grown-ups anywhere.'A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolb... ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Lord of the Flies

    New Educational Edition

    by William Golding ...
    A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Inheritors

    Introduced by Ben Okri

    by William Golding ...
    Hunt, trek, and feast among Neanderthals in this stunning novel by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies.This was a different voice; not the voice of the people. It was the voice of other.When spring comes, the people leave their winter cave, foraging for honey, grubs, and the hot richness of a deer's brain. They awaken the fire to heat their naked bodies, lay down t... ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Double Tongue

    With an introduction by Meg Rosoff

    by William Golding ...
    With an introduction by Meg RosoffWilliam Golding's final novel, left in draft at his death, tells the story of a priestess of Apollo. Arieka is one of the last to prophesy at Delphi, in the shadowy years when the Romans were securing their grip on the tribes and cities of Greece. The plain, unloved daughter of a local grandee, she is rescued from the contempt and neglect of her family by her ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Hot Gates and other occasional pieces

    by William Golding ...
    A dazzling collection of occasional writings by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist on subjects ranging from Thermopylae to the English Channel, and from Coral Island to Jules Verne.'A book of occasional essays which afford us many fascinating insights into Golding the man . . .It is highly individual yet profoundly modest; it has an unusual, slightly angular candour, full of painful knowledge and a ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Spire

    Introduced by Benjamin Myers

    by William Golding ...
    Succumb to one churchman's apocalyptic vision in this prophetic tale by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding (recorded by Benedict Cumberbatch as an audiobook).There were three sorts of people. Those who ran, those who stayed, and those who were built in.Dean Jocelin has a vision: that God has chosen him to erect a great spire. His master builder fearfully ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Lord of the Flies

    The Graphic Novel: 'Brilliant and thrilling' Observer

    by William Golding, Aimée de Jongh ...
    'Aimée de Jongh's stunning reimagining has a visceral impact all its own .' The Times**'Beautifully imagined ... so poignant and relevant.' CHRIS MOULD'Just as compelling and evocative as Golding's world-shaking masterpiece.' Comics ReviewBefore The Stand and The Hunger Games, before Battle Royale and Yellowjackets, there was Lord of the Flies.**A plane crashes on a desert islan... ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Paper Men

    With an introduction by Andrew Martin

    by William Golding ...
    Join an eccentric novelist on the run from his obsessive would-be biographer in this comic farce by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies.Why should I conceal the fact that I had found a full professor of Eng. Lit. rifling my dustbin?Fame, fortune, alcoholism, a failing marriage: for novelist Wilfred Barclay, his final unbearable irritation is his would-be-biographer, the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • An Egyptian Journal

    by William Golding ...
    A first-hand journal about the Goldings' travels through Egypt, soon after winning the Nobel Prize, living on a motor cruiser on the Nile. Nothing went quite as planned, but William Golding's vivid and honest account of what actually happened, and of what he saw and felt about ancient Egypt and the exasperations of the living present, will delight his innumerable admirers and everyone who visits ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Pyramid

    With an introduction by Penelope Lively

    by William Golding ...
    Follow young Oliver's rebellious coming-of-age in the village of Stillbourne in this comic novel by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies.Eighteen is a good time for sufferingWelcome to the country town of Stillbourne. Restless teenage resident Oliver wants to enjoy himself before going to university, beginning with his pursuit of the Town Crier's daughter.But in this ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Fire Down Below

    With an introduction by Kate Mosse

    by William Golding ...
    Introduced by Kate Mosse, lose yourself in an epic naval journey in the final novel in the Booker Prize-winning historical fiction Sea Trilogy by the author of Lord of the Flies.I think there has been death in my hands.On the last stretch of its epic voyage from England to Australia, a disintegrating warship inches towards land. But there are still trials ahead, as the vessel is... ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Free Fall

    With an introduction by John Gray

    by William Golding ...
    Sammy Mountjoy, artist, rises from poverty and an obscure birth to see his pictures hung in the Tate Gallery. Swept into World War Two, he is taken as a prisoner-of-war, threatened with torture, then locked in a cell of total darkness to wait. He emerges from his cell transfigured from his ordeal, and begins to realise what man can be and what he has gradually made of himself through his own ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD