265 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "Matty appears out of the flaming destruction of the Blitz. Who is he? Is he more or less than an ordinary human? Is the journal he keeps madness or inspiration? The twins are young enough to be hi s daughters: Sophy - dark, amoral, cruel; and Toni - fair, brilliant, empty. Their generation inhabits a world of cold terror, a world running down, a world where love is dying. Yet Matty and Toni never meet, and Matty and Sophy for no more t h a n a moment. There are others too, like Sebastian Pedigree, thought by some to the the wickedest of men...William Golding has written a story of our times, a chilling mystery which never ceases to mystify. The master of disturbing suggestio n , he s ti r s up the sediment of dark thoughts and half-ideas within us all; but for the reader as well as the characters, the reality of inarticulate fear emerges more clearly than ever." Pages browning very lightly. Dust jacket has minor edge w ri nkl ing , t in y spot of discoloration on rear panel. VG/VG

BLITZ JOURNALS MYSTERY TWINS WITCHCRAFT