Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #151803 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-25
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Synopsis
A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance.

Customer Reviews

the let down of the millenium
answer me this- can you read a book where the author describes a twig for 5 pages ???if no dont bother .if the answer is yes then enjoy.
to me utterly awful leaving a truley bitter taste in my mouth

lord of the flies
i loved this book, and as a person who loves harry potter, i read this for the first time when the latest episode was released and i loved the lord of the flies so much, i had to keep reading it before i would even look at potter. the language and psychology is great, but then i suppose it did win the nobel prize. highly recommended to everyone.

A beautiful book from a genious author
In Lord of the Flies, Golding intelligently investiagtes the conflict between ones civil nature and savage nature through the story of lost boys on a desert island.

The beautiful poetic language of Golding and his use of symbolism renders this novel the ultimate book for literature lovers.

In Lord of the Flies, the read watches the change in the behaviour and nature of the boys as the live on the island, and how they act without any "grown-ups" to tell them what to do.

Like in The Spire, Golding also investigates how man depends and utilises the image of a God-like figure in the form of a "beasty" that suposidly lives upon the island.

A truly fantastic novel which is a must for any reader. I can't recommend it enough. Read it!