The Paper Men
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 First edition | |
| Author | William Golding |
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| Cover artist | Paul Hogarth[1] |
| Language | English language |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | Feb 1984 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 191 |
| ISBN | 0-571-13206-5 |
The Paper Men is a 1984 novel by British writer William Golding.
Plot summary
The novel follows alcoholic writer Wilfred Barclay, a middle- aged man with an unhappy marriage, and his conflict with young professor Rick Tucker, who is determined to write Barclay's biography and desperate to gain control of the writer's personal papers, as he pursues Barclay across Europe.[2]
References
- ^ Modern first editions - a set on Flickr
- ^ "The Paper Men". William Golding. Retrieved 8 September 2022.