{"product_id":"darkness-visible-introduced-by-nicola-barker","title":"Darkness Visible","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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, introduced by Nicola Barker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA figure had condensed out of the shuddering backdrop of the glare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut their destinies will soon collide in an apocalyptic climax - one that illuminates the inner and outer darkness of modern humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Exceptional ... Irresistibly transcendent ... Golding seduces us, transfixes, bewitches and confounds us.' Nicola Barker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The most powerful, and strangest, of all Golding's novels, and one of the great masterpieces of the twentieth-century.' Philip Hensher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A master craftsman in [his] magic ... Golding's best book ... Wonderfully creepy.' London Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A vision of elemental reality so vivid we seem to hallucinate the scenes ... Magic.' NYTBR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the most moving books I've ever read.' The Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paperwing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57494596911435,"sku":"9780571365098","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/0643\/5403\/files\/9780571365098.jpg?v=1780399080","url":"https:\/\/paperwing.co.uk\/products\/darkness-visible-introduced-by-nicola-barker","provider":"Paperwing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}