DarknessVisibleopensattheheightoftheLondonBlitz,whenanakedchildstepsoutofanall-consumingfire.Miraculouslysavedbuthideouslyscarred,soontormentedatschoolandatwork,Mattybecomesawanderer,aseekeraftersomeunknownredemption.Twomorelostchildrenawaithim,twinsasexquisiteastheyareloveless.Tonidabblesinpoliticalviolence;Sophy,insexualtyranny.AsGoldingweavestheirdestiniestogether,hisbookrevealsboththeinnerandouterdarknessofourworld."Anintensityofvisionwithoutparallel."(TLS)."Avisionofelementalrealitysovividweseemtohallucinatethescenes…Magic."(NewYorkTimesBookReview).