The Pyramid

Follow young Oliver's rebellious coming-of-age in the village of Stillbourne in this comic novel by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies. Eighteen is a good time for suffering . 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. . 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 . . .'Golding depicts with subtle skill all the pains of growing up and growing old. He treats us to some superb comic episodes.' Daily Telegraph'Golding's most approachable novel and a curiously personal one that returns to the mind again and again as if the shames and idylls were one's own.' Guardian . 'Neatly drawn funny and touching . . . The snap the tang and the tension in Golding's prose is always a pleasure.' Harper's