The Inheritors (Golding novel)

The Inheritors
First edition cover depicting The Sorcerer
AuthorWilliam Golding
Cover artistAnthony Gross
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
prehistoric fiction
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date
1955
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
Pages233 pp

The Inheritors is a work of prehistoric fiction[1] and the second novel by the British author William Golding, best known for his first novel, Lord of the Flies (1954). It concerns the extinction of one of the last remaining tribes of Neanderthals at the hands of the more sophisticated Homo sapiens. It was published by Faber and Faber in 1955.

  1. ^ "Golding, William". SFE: the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

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