Nigel Williams Livres

1st paperback edition of "Witchfinder General" available, in fine condition and ready to ship from our UK warehouse.

Soit un groupe d'enfants, de six à treize ans, que l'on isole sur une île déserte. Qu'advient-il d'eux après quelques mois ? William Golding tente l'expérience. Après les excitantes excursions et parties de baignade, il faut s'organiser pour survivre. C'est au moins la réflexion de Ralph, celui qui fut élu chef au temps heureux des commencements, et du fidèle Piggy. Mais c'est ce que refusent de comprendre Jack, le second aspirant au "trône", et les siens. Cette première division clanique n'est pas loin de reproduire un schéma social ancestral. S'ensuivent des comportements qui boudent peu à peu la civilisation et à travers lesquels les rituels immémoriaux le disputent à une sauvagerie d'une violence sans limite. Dès Sa Majesté des Mouches (1954), porté à l'écran par Peter Brook (1963), apparaît l'obsession de William Golding : l'homme est foncièrement mauvais. Le monde est porteur d'une cruauté sans faille dans laquelle chacun se fourvoie et finit par périr, comme il l'illustre plus tard dans Les Héritiers ou Parade sauvage. L'écrivain reçut le prix Nobel de littérature en 1983. --Laure Anciel

A welcome re-issue of Nigel William's modern classic of comic writing.

Nigel Williams, one of the UK's finest comic writers, returns with a poignant comic portrait of four marriages: a caustic satire of suburban intrigue, tainted love and late-flowering lust.

14-year-old ufologist Simon Britton's father has just died and his mother, a member of the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist, is trying to get in touch with him. But some weird messages come through instead. By the author of My Life Closed Twice which won the Somerset Maugham Award.

From Nigel Williams, acclaimed master comic genius of suburbia and author of the much-loved Wimbledon Poisoner: R.I.P. is a sublime comedy told from beyond the grave.

Hugh Laurie, known for his role as Dr. House, plays Paul Slippery in the film adaptation of this novel. Slippery, much like Dr. House, is a lovable curmudgeon nearing fifty, grappling with his growing waistline and enviously observing his sons' active love lives. Nigel Williams delivers a brilliant piece of British humor.

Robert Wilson is an aimless young man who has passed himself off as a Muslim to secure a job at the newly established Wimbledon Independent Islamic Boys' Day School. This is the story of his decline and fall, as he demonstrates the failure of a post-colonial Briton to understand another culture that has absolutely no need of him.