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
Charles Martin (author) Charles Martin (author) Charles Martin (born November 3, 1969) is an author from the Southern United States. Martin earned his B.A. in English from Florida State University and went on to receive an M.A. in Journalism and a Ph.D. in Communication from Regent University. He currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida. He is the author of thirteen novels: "Send Down the Rain" (2018), "Long Way Gone" (2017), "Water from My Heart" (2015), "A Life Intercepted" (2014), "Unwritten" (2013), "Thunder and Rain" (2012), "The Mountain Between Us" (2010), "Where the River Ends" (2008), "Chasing Fireflies: A Novel of Discovery" (2007), "Maggie: The