The Pyramid av William Golding

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<p><b>Follow young Oliver''s rebellious coming-of-age in the village of Stillbourne in this comic novel </b><b>by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of<i> Lord of the Flies</i>, introduced by Penelope Lively.</b><br><br><i><b>Eighteen is a good time for suffering </b></i><br><br>Welcome to the country town of Stillbourne. Restless teenage resident Oliver wants to enjoy himself before going to university, beginning with his pursuit of the Town Crier''s daughter. <br><br>But in this claustrophobic community - stifled by the English class system, and where everybody knows everyone''s business - love, lust and rebellion are closely followed by revenge and embarrassment . . .<br><br>''The great unbreakable wild horse of the 1960s British literary stable.'' <b>Rose Tremain</b><br><br>''A triumph of economy and pungent effect; a brilliant insight into the social rigidity of English provincial life ... A scathing, funny, occasionally tragic revenge on a time and a place.'' <b>Penelope Livel