The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels
178 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 1971
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ISBN: 9780571102327
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Publication date: 8 July 1996
Description
Three short novels show Golding at his subtle, ironic, mysterious best. The Scorpion God depicts a challenge to primal authority as the god-ruler of an ancient civilization lingers near death. Clonk Clonk is a graphic account of a crippled youth's triumph over his tormentors in a primitive matriarchal society. Envoy Extraordinary is a tale of Imperial Rome where the emperor loves his illegitimate son more than his own arrogant, loutish heir.
