Most Popular Books by William Golding

Dean Jocelin has a vision: that God has chosen him to erect a great spire on his cathedral. His mason anxiously advises against it, for the old cathedral was built without foundations. Nevertheless, the spire rises octagon upon octagon, pinnacle by pinnacle, until the stone pillars shriek and the ground beneath it swims. Its shadow falls ever darker on the world below, and on Dean Jocelin in particular.

Drowning in the freezing North Atlantic, Christopher Hadley Martin, temporary lieutenant, happens upon a grotesque rock, an island that appears only on weather chart. Through the long hours with only himself to talk to, Martin must try to assemble the truth of his fate, piece by terrible piece

To the Ends of the Earth, William Golding''s great sea trilogy, presents the extraordinary story of a warship''s troubled journey to Australia in the early 1800s. Told through the pages of Edmund Talbolt''s journall--with equal measure of wit and disdain--it records the mounting tensions and growing misfortunes aboard the ancient ship. An instant maritime classic, and one of Golding''s finest achievements, the trilogy was adapted into a major three-part Mastpiece Theatre drama in 2006.

Eight Neanderthals encounter another race of beings like themselves, yet strangely different. This new race, Homo sapiens, fascinating in their skills and sophistication, terrifying in their cruelty, sense of guilt, and incipient corruption, spell doom for the more gentle folk whose world they will inherit.

The classic novel by William Golding With a new Introduction by Stephen King "To me Lord of the Flies has always represented what novels are for, what makes them indispensable." -Stephen King Golding''s classic, startling, and perennially bestselling portrait of human nature remains as provocative today as when it was first published. This beautiful new edition features French flaps and rough fronts, making it a must-have for fans of this seminal work. William Golding''s compelling story about a group of very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island has become a modern classic. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long becomes furious and life on the island turns into a nightmare of panic and death. As ordinary standards of behaviour collapse, the whole world the boys know collapses with them—the world of cricket and homework and adventure stories—and another world is revealed beneath, primitive and terrible. Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. Though critically acclaimed, it was largely ignored upon its initial publication. Yet soon it became a cult favorite among both students and literary critics who compared it to J.D. Salinger''s The Catcher in the Rye in its influence on modern thought and literature. Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies has established itself as a true classic.

This comedy deals with an inventor-genius of Roman times whose fate it is to discover things at the wrong moment.

The destinies of three mysterious lost children entwine in this James Tait Black Memorial Prize-winning fable by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies . A figure had condensed out of the shuddering backdrop of the glare. He is born in fire: a naked child in the blood-red flames of London''s Blitz. Miraculously saved but grotesquely burned, this mysterious orphan is named Matty. Doomed to a life of torment, he becomes a wanderer, a spiritual seeker after unknown redemption. They are also lost children: neglected twins, as exquisitely beautiful as they are loveless and sinful. Toni explores political terrorism; Sophy, sexual dominance and violent criminality. But their destinies will soon collide in an apocalyptic climax - one that illuminates the inner and outer darkness of modern humanity. ''Exceptional ... Irresistibly transcendent ... Golding seduces us. He transfixes, bewitches and confounds us.'' Nicola Barker ''Extraordinary ... A hallucinatory, incantatory force ... The most powerful, and strangest, of all Golding''s novels, and one of the great masterpieces of the twentieth-century English novel.'' Philip Hensher ''A master craftsman in his particular sort of magic ... Golding''s best book ... Wonderfully creepy ... A remarkable achievement.'' London Review of Books ''A vision of elemental reality so vivid we seem to hallucinate the scenes ... Magic.'' New York Times Book Review ''An intensity of vision without parallel.'' TLS ''One of the most moving books I''ve ever read.'' The Times ''Brilliantly spooky ... Written with great insight and a surprising humour, it is a thorough pleasure.'' Atlantic Monthly

Urdida en torno a la situación límite de una treintena de muchachos en una isla desierta, El Señor de las Moscas es una magnífica novela que admite lecturas diferentes e incluso opuestas. En efecto, si algunos pueden ver en esta indagación de William Golding en la condición humana la ilustración de que la agresividad criminal se halla entre los instintos básicos del hombre, otros podrán considerarla como una parábola que cuestiona un tipo de educación represiva que no hace sino incubar explosiones de barbarie prestas a estallar en cuanto los controles se relajan.

Stranded on an island while an atomic war destroys the rest of the world, a group of young boys revert to savagery as they struggle to survive.

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA. .

Sequel to R̀ites of spring'' and C̀lose quarters'' the final volume in the author''s sea trilogy.