William Golding

Steve Eddy

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Spire

Dean Jocelin has a vision: that God has chosen him to erect a great spire on his cathedral. His mason anxiously advises against it, for the old cathedral was built without foundations. Nevertheless, the spire rises octagon upon octagon, pinnacle by pinnacle, until the stone pillars shriek and the ground beneath it swims. Its shadow falls ever darker on the world below, and on Dean Jocelin in particular.

The Spire

Gary Homewood

Dean of a cathedral overseas construction of a spire. Challenging but brilliantly written. Vivid metaphorical imagery. Told from the protagonists point of view, artfully claustrophobic, a compelling and convincing evocation of religious delirium and obsession.

Spire

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