William Golding — The Paper Men

London and Boston, faber and faber, 1984 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this novel by British author William Golding in the original dust wrapper. First edition of The Paper Men by William Golding in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper.This novel follows the story of Wilfred Barclay, a writer facing a mid-life crisis who is the centre of a young professor's desire to write his biography. It was awarded the Novel Prize for Literature.William Golding was a British novelist best known for Lord of the Flies (1954). In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, excellent. There is some very slight wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper. To the binding, there is some very slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some light spotting to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.