The Wasp Factory Sociology the anxieties posed by age

the anxieties posed by age and uncertainty—and the bizarre

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religion and creative evolution

The enigmatic Endo is bound by disciplines of his own and when the Japanese invade Malaya

The Wasp Factory Sociology the anxieties posed by ageLibrarian note: An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here and here. Frank no ordinary sixteen year old lives with his father outside a remote Scottish village. Their life is, to say the least, unconventional. Frank's mother abandoned them years ago: his elder brother Eric is confined to a psychiatric hospital; and his father measures out his eccentricities on an imperial scale. Frank has turned to strange acts of violence to vent his