A stunning novel of a lost generation - angry, rootless, defiant young men and women in a frantic search for fulfilment.
CORGI BOOKS GN969
LONDON, UK
1ST PRINTING 1961
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN HARDBACK BY KNOPF, USA 1957
William Goldman's THE TEMPLE OF GOLD
An angry library trustee wrote to the publishers that THE TEMPLE OF GOLD is a "blue-print for juvenile delinquency", and should be denied space on library shelves. We think he missed the point.
Actually, this enormously exciting, passionate, violent and touching book - - though it admittedly talks about sex with no holds barred, and is packed with scenes that shock and even horrify - - became an overnight, surprise bestseller because it is the truth - - the truth about the most controversial generation, told by one of them.
THE TEMPLE OF GOLD is a whale of a book. It can make you laugh. It can break your heart. It may make you shudder. You may not have the guts to like it. But you'd better read it.
THE EDITORS
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