He was laughing, chin up, and shaking his head.
An edition of The Spire
(1964)
The Spire
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by William Golding
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Told in a stream-of-consciousness narrative, this is a story of obsession. Against the advice of his builder, the Dean of Salisbury Cathedral, slowly dying from tuberculosis, plans the construction of a towering spire atop the cathedral as the culmination of his life’s work but becomes increasingly deranged as the construction faces constant problems due to the sheer grandiosity of the work.
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Fiction, Design and construction, Cathedrals, Middle Ages, Fiction in English, Fiction, historical, Fiction, general, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, religious, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, English literaturePlaces
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Spire: With an Introduction by John Mullan
2013, Faber & Faber, Limited
in English
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Spire
July 1996, Faber Faber Inc
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The Spire
February 1991, American Education Publishing
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Der Turm der Kathedrale: Roman
1983-11, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag
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The spire: a novel
1971, Faber and Faber Ltd
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