The pyramid
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TextPublication details: London Faber & Faber 1969Description: 217pISBN: 0571192521Subject(s): English literature- Fiction | England | Country life | Villages | English fiction | TeenagersDDC classification: 823.914 Summary: Oliver is eighteen, and wants to enjoy himself before going to university. But this is the 1920s, and he lives in Stilbourne, a small English country town, where everyone knows what everyone else is getting up to, and where love, lust and rebellion are closely followed by revenge and embarrassment. Written with great perception and subtlety, The Pyramid is Golding's funniest and most light-hearted novel, which probes the painful awkwardness of the late teens, and all the tragedy and farce of life in a small community and the consoling power of music.
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| 823.914 GOL/F Fire down below | 823.914 GOL/P The paper men | 823.914 GOL/P Pincher Martin | 823.914 GOL/P The pyramid | 823.914 GOL/S The spire | 823.914 GOL/T To the ends of the earth: A sea trilogy comprising Rites of passage; Close quarters and Fire down below | 823.914 GOL/L Lord of the flies |
Oliver is eighteen, and wants to enjoy himself before going to university. But this is the 1920s, and he lives in Stilbourne, a small English country town, where everyone knows what everyone else is getting up to, and where love, lust and rebellion are closely followed by revenge and embarrassment. Written with great perception and subtlety, The Pyramid is Golding's funniest and most light-hearted novel, which probes the painful awkwardness of the late teens, and all the tragedy and farce of life in a small community and the consoling power of music.
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