{"product_id":"9780571362332-spire","title":"The Spire","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduced by Benjamin Myers\u003cbr\u003eAs his halo of hair grows wilder and his dark angel darker, the spire rises octagon upon octagon, pinnacle by pinnacle, watched over by the gargoyles - until the stone pillars shriek, the earth beneath creeps, and the spire's shadow falls like an axe on the medieval world below .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAstounding .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuccumb to a churchman's apocalyptic vision in this prophetic tale by the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eradical Nobel Laureate and author of \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies, \u003c\/i\u003eintroduced by Benjamin Myers (narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch as an audiobook).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere were three sorts of people. Those who ran, those who stayed, and those who were built in.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDean Jocelin has a vision: that God has chosen him to erect a great spire. His master builder fearfully advises against it, for the old cathedral was miraculously built without foundations. But Jocelin is obsessed with fashioning his prayer in stone. As his halo of hair grows wilder and his dark angel darker, the spire rises octagon upon octagon, pinnacle by pinnacle, watched over by the gargoyles - until the stone pillars shriek, the earth beneath creeps, and the spire's shadow falls like an axe on the medieval world below .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAstounding . So recklessly beautiful, so sad and so strange . Holds such a place in my soul that it's more or less a sacred text.' \u003c\/b\u003eSarah Perry\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A kind of miracle . Genius.' \u003c\/b\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A visionary . Golding at his best.'\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Myers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eQuite simply, a marvel\u003c\/b\u003e.' \u003ci\u003eNYRB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA superb tragedy \u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eA classic\u003c\/b\u003e.' Rebecca West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A master fabulist . An iconoclast.' \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Fowles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39578165215329,"sku":"9780571362332","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36384689.jpg?v=1771881256","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571362332-spire","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}