[ebooktalk] Re: WILLIAM GOLDING
- From: "Tar Barrels" <tar.barrels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:36:37 +0100
I would agree with you , Steve. Rites of Passage is definitely the gem of
the three. I've always intended reading Pincher Martin, but never got round
to it. I have friends who think it's his best title, so perhaps I should
make room for it. What an extraordinary breadth of subjects he covered!
June
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Sent: 24 April 2013 11:54
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Subject: [ebooktalk] WILLIAM GOLDING
Hi
Rites of Passage is the first in the series. The second is Close Quarters
and the third is, I think, Fire Down Below. I enjoyed the first but found
the second rather hard going and haven't got around to the third yet.
From his other books I would recommend Pincher Martin. It's hard to say what
it is about but I remember finding the end rather shocking. The inheritors
was another I really enjoyed about what happens when an intelligent race
meets a far superior intelligence. It is rather sad because it is told from
the point of view of the loser but Golding gets you on their side.
I did not enjoy the Pyramid or Scorpion God. They do not seem to have left
an impression.
Steve
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