The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. First Edition thus. Three short novels show Golding at his playful, ironic and mysterious best. In The Scorpion God we see the world of ancient Egypt at the time of the earliest pharaohs. Clonk Clonk is a graphic account of a crippled youth’s triumph over his tormentors in a primitive matriarchal society. And Envoy Extraordinary is a tale of Imperial Rome in which the emperor loves his illegitimate grandson more than his arrogant, loutish heir.
First Edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo, 178pp, light green cloth. Item #900372
ISBN: 0571098665
A clean, crisp, square copy, fine in very near fine and bright dust wrapper and protective mylar.
Price: $65.00