Description
William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies is the first biography of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Golding by celebrated writer and critic John Carey.
About the Author
John Carey is Emeritus Merton Professor of English at Oxford University, a distinguished critic, reviewer and broadcaster, and the author of several books, including studies of Donne, Dickens and Thackeray, as well as The Intellectuals and the Masses. He is the editor of Faber anthologies of Reportage, Utopias and Science. His most recent book, What Good are the Arts?, was praised by Blake Morrison as 'incisive and inspirational.'
Awards
Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Book Prize: Biography 2009.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571231638
Author Professor John Carey
Format Hardback
Page Count 592
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 895g
Dimensions(mm) 243mm * 160mm * 45mm