The novel “The Spire” by William Golding is, according to many critics, the culmination of his work both in terms of ideological content and artistic creativity. In this novel, set in a 14th-century English town, reality and myth are even more intertwined than in Lord of the Flies. In Spire, Golding, a Nobel Prize winner who was recognized during his lifetime as a classic of English literature, once again turns to the essence of human nature and the problem of evil.