Further Reading
The Spire is subject to critical analysis by Steve Eddy in the York Notes Advanced series and reviews by Frank Kermode and David Skilton are included in "William Golding: Novels 1954-1967".
Don Crompton in "A View from the Spire: William Golding's Later Novels" analyses the novel and relates to its pagan and mythical elements. While more recently, Mark Kinkead-Weekes and Ian Gregor cover all of William Golding's novels in "William Golding: a critical study of the novels."
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