Egypt in the twenty-sixth century BC. The young pharaoh Cheops wants to forgo the construction of a pyramid in his honor, but his court sages hasten to persuade him otherwise. The pyramid, they tell him, is not a tomb but a paradox, designed to appease the masses by oppressing them. It is a symbol o
The Pyramid
β Scribed by William Golding
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber;$c
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Oliver is eighteen and wants to enjoy himself before going to university. But this is the 1920s and he lives in Stilbourne, a small English country town where everyone knows what everyone else is getting up to, and where love, lust and rebellion are closely followed by revenge and embarrassment.
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