Pincher Martin

Pincher Martin
First edition
AuthorWilliam Golding
Cover artistAnthony Gross
LanguageEnglish
GenreAllegorical
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date
1956
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Paperback & Hardback)
Pages208

Pincher Martin (published in America as Pincher Martin: The Two Deaths of Christopher Martin) is a novel by British writer William Golding, first published in 1956. It is Golding's third novel, following The Inheritors and his debut Lord of the Flies.

The novel is one of Golding's best-known novels, and is noted for being existential and minimalistic in setting.