Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
The classic tale of a group of English school boys who are left stranded on an unpopulated island, and who must confront not only the defects of their society but the defects of their own natures.
Review Quotes: "One of the most complex studies of human nature and the tendencies of societal forces ever written."
--Jason Mott, National Book Award-winning author of Hell of a Book and People Like Us.
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Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books. I still read it every couple of years."
--Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games trilogy "I finished the last half of
Lord of the Flies in a single afternoon, my eyes wide, my heart pounding, not thinking, just inhaling....My rule of thumb as a writer and reader--largely formed by
Lord of the Flies--is
feel it first, think about it later."
--Stephen King "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. Fully to succeed, a fantasy must approach very close to reality.
Lord of the Flies does. It must also be superbly written. It is."
--The New York Times Book Review
