GOLDING, WILLIAM. — The Pyramid.

London: Faber and Faber, 1967. 1st edition. Oliver is eighteen, and wants to enjoy himself before going to university. But this is the 1920s, and he lives in Stilbourne, a small English country town, where everyone knows what everyone else is getting up to, and where love, lust and rebellion are closely followed by revenge and embarrassment. Pp.217, slightly cocked. Blue cloth, dustwrapper (design by Leonard Rosoman) rubbed with edge wear and chipping to top and tail of spine. Good/Good.