Pincher Martin
- Author William Golding
- Narrator Julian Sands
- Publisher Faber & Faber
- Publish Date 7 October 2021
- Run Time 6 hours and 39 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Adventure fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction.
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What to expect
Experience a shipwrecked sailor's psychic disintegration into 'a naked madman on a rock' by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of
Lord of the Flies, introduced by Marlon James.
An hour on this rock is a lifetime.
Christopher Martin, the sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer, is stranded upon a rock in the middle of the Atlantic. Pitted against him are the sea, the sun, the brutal cold, and the aching terror of his isolation. To drink there is a pool of rainwater; to eat, seaweed and anemones, preyed upon by feathered reptiles. As he descends into the abyss of his consciousness, weathering lightning strikes of memory, Martin must try to assemble the truth of his fate - piece by terrible piece.
'A work of genius.' Philippa Gregory
'The utmost inventiveness ... No reader will forget the world it reveals.' Kingsley Amis
'Wizardry of the first order.' Observer
| Author | William Golding |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Julian Sands |
| Duration | 6 hours and 39 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780571370481 |
| Format | x-book® |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Genre | Adventure fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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