The Inheritors
by William Golding
Taste attributes: science fictiondramaslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryglossyhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentary
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly science-fiction novel that is inventive, serious and unsavoury. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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About This Book
Golding’s follow-up to Lord of the Flies, this is an unusual novel about the last tribe of Neanderthals in Europe and their fatal encounter with a tribe of more advanced and infinitely more ruthless Humans.
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- Author
- William Golding
- Published
- 1955
- Pages
- 233
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- Open Library
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