The Paper Men
First edition
AuthorWilliam Golding
Cover artistPaul Hogarth[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish language
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date
Feb 1984
Media typePrint
Pages191
ISBN0-571-13206-5

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

  1. Modern first editions - a set on Flickr
  2. "The Paper Men". William Golding. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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