The Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThis is a tremendously dark vision of what happens to a group of schoolboys when they are stranded on a desert island without any adults to keep them in order. This new 'community' goes swiftly from order to chaos, as the boys show just how close all of us are to the more violent, vicious and animalistic urges deep within.
This book is often studied at GCSE, and never fails to mesmerise the reader. It's not for the faint-hearted, but if you can cope with being launched almost physically into a nightmare world whose evil is all too human, then I strongly suggest you give it a go. And if you're a fan of the C4 series, Lost, this book is an absolute MUST, because that programme could never have been made if this book hadn't been written first...
Instead of PRINTING an extract this week, I thought it would make a change for you to LISTEN to one instead. Click on this LINK, and then click on listen to an extract. Just make sure you have REALplayer on your system first. (You can download that for free HERE.)
2 comments:
Sounds like a cool book.
My cousin read that book he said its really good so I'll borrow it from him when I go to lithuania xD
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