"The air was heavy with unspoken knowledge. Sam twisted and the obscene word shot out of him. " — dance?" Memory of the dance that none of them had a… - William Golding

"The air was heavy with unspoken knowledge. Sam twisted and the obscene word shot out of him. " — dance?"
Memory of the dance that none of them had attended shook all four boys convulsively."

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About William Golding

Sir William Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was an English novelist, playwright, and poet most famous for his novel Lord of the Flies. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983.

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Native Name: William Gerald Golding
Alternative Names: Sir William Gerald Golding • Willy Gold • tun tun tun tun tun cacri • balatrto • srrena posole
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John Steinbeck H. G. Wells William Faulkner Terry Pratchett Stephen King

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