William Golding
Author
Language
English
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Description
In this novel, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued, and these schoolboys marooned on this tropical...
Series
Criterion collection volume 43
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Thirty schoolboys lost on a tropical island after a plane crash revert to savagery in their efforts to survive.