The Paper Men

by William Golding

Overview

English novelist Wilfred Barclay, who has known fame, success, and fortune, is in crisis. He faces a drinking problem slipping over the borderline into alcoholism, a dead marriage, and the incurable itch of middle age lust. But the final, unbearable irritation is American Professor of English Literature Rick L. Tucker, who is implacable in his determinition to become The Barclay Man: authorized biographer, editor of the posthumous papers and the recognized authority.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780374526399
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date:	12/01/1999
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

William Golding (1911–93) was born in Cornwall, England. His first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954 and became an international bestseller. In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Editorial Reviews

''The Paper Men,'' dominated by two paper personalities who are in reality but one, has perhaps too much the feeling of a paper tragedy to make a fully satisfying fiction. -- New York Times

Robert M. Adams