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, introduced by Penelope Lively.
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 . . . 'The great unbreakable wild
horse of the 1960s British literary stable.' Rose Tremain '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.' Penelope Lively
'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
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