Fame, success, wealth; a series of drunken episodes that push the hero to the brink of alcoholism, a dead marriage, the unfulfilled carnal desires of middle age.
For Wilfred Barkley, the novelist, the final source of unbearable annoyance is Professor Rick L. Tucker, relentless in his decision to become his official biographer.
Trapped in a fateful relationship, they traverse half of Europe aimlessly and without purpose, shedding their wives, losing their self-respect and illusions.
(...) A work of intense power, unpredictable, that defies categorization, 'The Paper Men' is the most idiosyncratic and original thing ever written by William Golding.
[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]
