![]() This far from civilization they can do anything they want. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. Joyce Carol Oates, New York Review of Books Product Details At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. Lord of the Flies is a grim anti-pastoral in which adults are disguised as children who replicate the worst of their elders' heritage of ignorance, violence, and warfare." Fully to succeed, a fantasy must approach very close to reality. "This brilliant work is a frightening parody on man's return (in a few weeks) to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emerge. William Goldings Lord of the Flies (Casebook Edition Text Notes and. ![]() Seller rating: This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers. Used acceptable paperback Condition Acceptable ISBN 10 0399506438 ISBN 13 9780399506437 Seller. "The most influential novel.since Salinger's Catcher in the Rye." Best known for his novel Lord of the Flies, he won a Nobel Prize in Literature. Lord of the Flies: Casebook Edition by Golding, William. "As exciting, relevant, and thought-provoking now as it was when Golding published it in 1954." Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games That was a big influence on me as a teenager, I still read it every couple of years." ![]() " Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books. ![]()
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