William Golding: The Faber Letters

by William Golding, Unknown Author

In 1953, a young editor at Faber & Faber, Charles Monteith, discovered William Golding's novel amidst unsolicited manuscripts, saving it from obscurity. It became a global phenomenon, selling over 25 million copies. For four decades, Monteith collaborated closely with Golding on all his novels. This meticulously crafted volume, by Tim Kendall, delves into public and private archives to unveil the bond between this legendary novelist and his publisher.

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About the author

Sir William Gerald Golding was an Engish novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime. In 1980, he was awarded the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage, the first novel in what became his sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth. He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature.

As a result of his contributions to literature, Golding was knighted in 1988. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".

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[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Mature consideration however, has revealed to me the root of a profound misunderstanding between us.

When I said ‘tits’ you thought - living on the real world as you do - that I meant breasts, boobs, boozies or knockers. Living in the ideal world as I do - it is where Nobel Lit. laureates must live to qualify by evidence, like cricketers, I thought that tits = teats, or nipples.

So as the lady’s bosom has waxed fuller her tits have nigh on disappeared! Not, I hasten to add, that matters - the joke is a private one away and only to be disinterred or unraveled by profound research in the navy lists.”

William Golding regarding the cover art of Fire Down Below.