The Scorpion God With an introduction by Craig Raine

<p><br/> <b>Lose yourself in ancient </b><br/> <b>civilizations</b><br/> <b> in these three historical novellas by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of <br/> <i>Lord of the Flies.</i><br/> </b><br/> <br/><br/> <b><br/> <i><br/> <br/><br/> Even when he leapt from the parapet he talked.</i><br/> </b><br/> <br/><br/> <b><br/> <br/><br/> Ancient Egypt. </b>The Prince is set to marry Pretty Flower, his sister, in the Great House's incestuous society. But the Liar speaks a truth that transforms everything .<br/> <br/><br/> <b><br/> <br/><br/> A primitive matriarchal society. </b>While mothers raise children in the bucolic Place of Women, Chimp is tormented by the Leopard Men in their brutal hunts, until he gains new wisdom .<br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <b>Imperial Rome.</b> In an era of invention and exploration, the emperor realises he loves his illegitimate grandson more than his own loutish heir .<br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <b>'Communicates visionary ideas about the present and his </b><br/> <b>imaginative understanding of our collective pasts.'</b> Bettany Hughes<br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <b>'Golding writes the past as present [with] uncanny skill and tremendous intuition.' </b>Ben Okri<br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <b>'Brilliant . So fluent and stylish that the stories read themselves like a dream.'</b><br/> <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <b>'Ingenious ... Perhaps the ambition of these books seems to put them a bit over the top, a bit out of their time.' </b><br/> <i>London Review of Books</i><br/> </p>