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Darkness Visible
A Literary Fiction Novel by William Golding
Subgenres:
- World War II Fiction,
- Psychological Fiction,
- Terrorism
This book is for you if you're into...
- Fables about lost children with dark, surreal journeys
- Characters marked by trauma seeking redemption in postwar London
- Stories where innocence and violence collide in unsettling ways
The destinies of three mysterious lost children entwine in this James Tait Black Memorial Prize-winning fable by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies.
A figure had condensed out of the shuddering backdrop of the glare. He is born in fire: a naked child in the blood-red flames of London's Blitz. Miraculously saved but grotesquely burned, this mysterious orphan is named Matty. Doomed to a life of torment, he becomes a wanderer, a spiritual seeker after unknown redemption.
They are also lost children: neglected twins, as exquisitely beautiful as they are loveless and sinful. Toni explores political terrorism; Sophy, sexual dominance and violent criminality. But their destinies will soon collide in an apocalyptic climax - one that illuminates the inner and outer darkness of modern humanity.
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