After a plane crashes on a deserted island, a group of schoolboys are the sole survivors. They gather on the beach and wait for rescue. By day, the island seems idyllic, alive with brilliant birds and surrounded by deep blue seas; by night, their sleep is disturbed by nightmares of a terrifying, unseen beast.
In his debut novel, William Golding overturns the conventions of the classic adventure tale. The boys’ fragile sense of order gradually dissolves, and their innocent fears evolve into something darker and more primal. What begin as games soon acquire a sinister meaning, and the once-polite schoolboys descend into a savage, anonymous tribe capable of murder.
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