"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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His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.

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