Dean Jocelin has a vision that God has chosen him to erect a great spire on his cathedral. The masons anxiously advise against it, and things have happened around the cathedral which it is better not to question men too closely about. But, without foundations, the spire rises octagon upon octagon, pinnacle by pinnacle, until the stone pillars shriek and the ground beneath it swims. Its shadow falls darkly on the world below, and most darkly on the Dean himself. The Spire is an impressively powerful portrait of one man's possessed will, and of the towering folly he creates
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Hardback Editions
February 1991 : Hardback
| Title: The Spire Author(s):: William Golding ISBN: 1568490623 / 9781568490625 (USA edition) Publisher: Buccaneer Books Inc Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
August 1979 : Hardback
| Title: The Spire (Large Print edition) Author(s):: William Golding ISBN: 0850468507 / 9780850468502 (UK edition) Publisher: Lythway P. Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
November 1971 : Hardback
| Title: The Spire Author(s):: William Golding ISBN: 0571093299 / 9780571093298 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
December 1964 : Hardback
| Title: The Spire Author(s):: William Golding ISBN: 0571058027 / 9780571058020 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon |
Paperback Editions
November 2013 : Paperback
| Title: The Spire Author(s):: William Golding ISBN: 0571307825 / 9780571307821 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon UK |
September 2006 : Paperback
| Title: York Notes on "The Spire" (York Notes Advanced) Author(s):: Mr William Golding ISBN: 1405835648 / 9781405835640 (UK edition) Publisher: Longman Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
April 2005 : Paperback
| Title: The Spire Author(s):: William Golding ISBN: 0571225462 / 9780571225460 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon CA Amazon Amazon UK |
October 2002 : Paperback
| Title: Spire (Harvest Book) Author(s):: William Golding, Golding ISBN: 0156027828 / 9780156027823 (USA edition) Publisher: Mariner Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA |
July 1997 : Paperback
| Title: The Spire Author(s):: William Golding ISBN: 0571192572 / 9780571192571 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon CA Amazon Amazon UK |
October 1965 : Paperback
| Title: The Spire (Sun Microsystems Press Java Series) Author(s):: William Golding ISBN: 0156847418 / 9780156847414 (USA edition) Publisher: Harvest Books Availability: Amazon UK Amazon |
January 1964 : Paperback
| Title: The Spire Author(s):: William Golding ISBN: 0571064922 / 9780571064922 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon UK Amazon Amazon CA |
January 1973 : Paperback
| Title: The Spire Author(s):: William Golding ISBN: 0571093302 / 9780571093304 (UK edition) Publisher: Faber and Faber Availability: Amazon CA Amazon UK |
June 1964 : Paperback
| Title: The Spire Author(s):: William Golding ISBN: 0151847401 / 9780151847402 (USA edition) Publisher: Harcourt Availability: Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK |
Audio Editions
October 1998 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Spire (Penguin) Author(s):: Reader to Be Announced William Golding ISBN: 014086511X / 9780140865110 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks Availability: Amazon CA Amazon |
Kindle Editions
July 2012 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Spire Author(s):: William Golding ISBN: B0095L0Y4M Publisher: Faber and Faber Fiction Availability: Amazon Amazon UK |
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