{"product_id":"william-golding","title":"William Golding","description":"William Golding was born in 1911 and educated at his local grammar school and Brasenose College, Oxford. He published a volume of poems in 1934 and during the war served in the Royal Navy. Afterwards he returned to being a schoolmaster in Salisbury. \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, was an immediate success, and was followed by a series of remarkable novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePincher Martin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Spire\u003c\/i\u003e. He won the Booker Prize for \u003ci\u003eRites of Passage\u003c\/i\u003e in 1980, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983, and was knighted in 1988. He died in 1993.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57351610401150,"sku":"NW9780571231645","price":11.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571231645.jpg?v=1778654582","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/william-golding","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}