At the end of this novel, Rachel is forced to care for her alcoholic husband while the main character remains obsessed with the placement of the Nail until just before his death.
In this novel, the main character's last thoughts before his death consist of the phrase "It's like the apple tree!" a recurring motif in this work. Other recurring themes in this work are the "angel" which the main character repeatedly feels at his back, which is in reality tuberculosis, and the singing of the stones. A caretaker in this novel complains of being made a fool of by the work crew, while another character in this work is derisively referred to as Father Anonymous. At the end of this novel, Rachel is forced to care for her alcoholic husband while the main character remains obsessed with the placement of the Nail until just before his death. After Pangall is killed in a riot in this work, Goody Pangall dies in childbirth after an affair with Roger Mason, who repeatedly refuses to build higher because the weight of the title edifice is causing it to sink. The main character is undone by the revelation that his aunt Alison had donated the money for the construction of the title religious structure. For ten points, identify this novel in which Father Jocelin oversees the construction of the titular addition to Salisbury Cathedral, written by William Golding.
In this novel, the main character's last thoughts before his death consist of the phrase "It's like the apple tree!"
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