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 Clark (author) Stuart, Virginia. Martin Clark (author) Martin Fillmore Clark, Jr. (born June 23, 1959) is an author and Virginia circuit court judge. Clark's first book, "The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living", was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2000 and was a "New York Times" Notable Book for 2000, a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and a finalist for The Stephen Crane First Fiction Award. His second novel, "Plain Heathen Mischief", was released in 2004 and was also published by Knopf. Clark's third novel, "The Legal Limit", released in April 2008, again by Knopf, was a "Washington Post" Best Book of the