Faber & Faber Paper men. with an introduction by andrew martin, paperback/william golding

Fame, success, fortune, a drink problem slipping over the edge into alcoholism, a dead marriage, the incurable itches of middle-aged lust.

For Wilfred Barclay, novelist, the final unbearable irritation is Professor Rick L.

Tucker, implacable in his determination to become The Barclay Man.