The Paper Men
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| Author(s) | William Golding |
| Cover artist | Paul Hogarth[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English language |
| Genre(s) | novel |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Publication date | Feb 1984 |
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| Pages | 191 |
| ISBN | 0-571-13206-5 |
The Paper Men is a 1984 novel by British writer William Golding.
The protagonist in the novel is Wilfred Barclay, a curmudgeonly writer who has a drinking problem, a dead marriage, and the incurable itches of middle-aged lust. Barclay is irritated by a young professor, Rick Tucker, who is determined to write Barclay's biography and is desperate to gain control of the writer's personal papers. Tucker pursues Barclay across Europe and both men sacrifice relationships, self respect, and ultimately themselves in this lethal pursuit.
The ending is both inevitable and shocking and exposes the desperation of the literary biographer and the determination of the subject to maintain control over the story of his own life.
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