The Spire
3.5
Open LibraryFirst lines
He was laughing, chin up, and shaking his head.
He was laughing, chin up, and shaking his head.
About this book
Told in a stream-of-consciousness narrative, this is a story of obsession. Against the advice of his builder, the Dean of Salisbury Cathedral, slowly dying from tuberculosis, plans the construction of a towering spire atop the cathedral as the culmination of his life’s work but becomes increasingly deranged as the construction faces constant problems due to the sheer grandiosity of the work.
Themes & subjects
FictionDesign and constructionCathedralsMiddle AgesFiction in EnglishFiction, historical
First published 1964Setting
Salisbury (England)
About the author
William Golding
19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993
The winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature, William Golding is among the most popular and influential British authors to have emerged in the second half of the twentieth century. Golding's reputation rests primarily upon his first novel, Lord of the Flies (1954), which is consistently regarded as an effective and disturbing portrayal of the fragility of civilization. **Childhood and college years** Golding was born in Saint Columb Minor in Cornwall, England, in 1911. His father, Alex, was a schoolmaster, while his mother, Mildred, was active in the Women's Suffrage Movement (the movement for women's right to vote). As a boy, his favorite authors included H. G. Wells (1866–1946), J…
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