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Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's second novel. 5080 copies printed. A prehistoric fantasy about the last of the Neanderthals, before they are wiped out by our more recognizably human ancestors. The author's own favorite among his books. "At the heart of all of [his work] is Golding's belief that 'man produces evil as a bee produces honey.'" - Henderson (ed), Contemporary Novelists, p. 374. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 19. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1036-39. Gekoski and Grogan A3a. Mild foxing to free endpapers, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket with a bit of tanning to the spine panel and some mild spotting to the flaps. A nice copy. Scarce. (#111900).

A novel about the last days of the Neanderthals, exploring their interactions with early Homo sapiens.