Darkness Visible
Author: William Golding
Desc: A dazzlingly dark novel by the Nobel Laureate. At the height of the London blitz a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. Miraculously saved yet hideously scarred tormented at school and at work Matty becomes a wanderer a seeker after some unknown redemption. Two more lost children await him: twins as exquisite as they are loveless. Toni dabbles in political violence Sophy in sexual tyranny. As Golding weaves their destinies together as he draws them toward a final conflagration his book lights up both the inner and outer darknesses of our time.