The Spire The Spire The Spire is a 1964 novel by the English author William Golding. "A dark and powerful portrait of one man's will", it deals with the construction of the 404-foot high spire loosely based on Salisbury Cathedral; the vision of the fictional Dean Jocelin. In this novel, William Golding utilises stream of consciousness writing with an omniscient but increasingly fallible narrator. Jocelin, the Dean of the cathedral, directs the construction of a towering spire funded by his aunt, Lady Alison, a mistress of the former King. The project is carried on against the advice of many, and in particular
Martin Knight (author) 3i in 2005. In 2011 Knight launched the website Notable Abodes which compiles former addresses of famous and notorious people. Knight has described the site as a virtual and democratic extension of the blue plaque system. In 2018, "I Ran With The Gang: My Life In and Out of The Bay City Rollers" was released, written with founding member Alan Longmuir. Longmuir died as the book was being finished. Martin Knight (author) Martin Knight is a British author born in Epsom in Surrey in 1957 mainly associated with working class culture and football literature. In 1999 "Hoolifan" and "The Naughty