Dec 17, 2009

Pincher Martin | Pincher Martin

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Author: William Golding
First Published: 1956
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Psychological realism
Time of Work: World War II
Setting: Mid-Atlantic Ocean
Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Fable
Subjects: Nature, Self, World War II, Religion, God, Reality, Islands, Death or dying, Imagination, Atlantic Ocean, Shipwrecks, Military life or service, Navies, Lobsters
Locales: Islands, Oceans

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Christopher Hadley “Pincher” Martin, a British navy lieutenant, called “Pincher” because that is the standard nickname for Martins in the Royal Navy. Prior to the war, he was an actor, with an eagle profile and wavy hair. Because he had no belief in anything but his own importance, he betrayed those close to him by sleeping with his producer’s wife to advance his career and by raping his best friend’s wife after serving as best man at their wedding. He is blown from his ship by a German torpedo. In the Atlantic Ocean, hundreds of miles from land...

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Pincher Martin | Pincher Martin

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