The Scorpion God · Three Short Novels
- Authors
- Golding, William
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Tags
- classics
- ISBN
- 9780571102327
- Date
- 1971-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.18 MB
- Lang
- en
Three short novels show Golding at his subtle, ironic, mysterious best. The Scorpion God depicts a challenge to primal authority as the god-ruler of an ancient civilization lingers near death. Clonk Clonk is a graphic account of a crippled youth's triumph over his tormentors in a primitive matriarchal society. Envoy Extraordinary is a tale of Imperial Rome where the emperor loves his illegitimate son more than his own arrogant, loutish heir.