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Spire
Contributor(s): Golding, William (Author)

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 ISBN: 0156027828     ISBN-13: 9780156027823
Publisher: Mariner Books
OUR PRICE: $18.00  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2002
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Historical - General
- Fiction | Psychological
Dewey: FIC
Series: Harvest Book
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.48" W x 8.53" L (0.64 lbs) 228 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
 
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The vision that drives Dean Jocelin to construct an immense new spire above his cathedral tests the limits of all who surround him. The foundationless stone pillars shriek and the earth beneath them heaves under the structure's weight as the Dean's will weighs down his collapsing faith.

Contributor Bio(s): Golding, William: - Born in Cornwall, England, William Golding started writing at the age of seven. Though he studied natural sciences at Oxford to please his parents, he also studied English and published his first book, a collection of poems, before finishing college. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, participating in the Normandy invasion. Golding's other novels include Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, The Spire, Rites of Passage (Booker Prize), and The Double Tongue.
 
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