This novel tell the story of a group of schoolboys whose plane crashes into the sea and they are washed up on a remote island. Life seems a breeze at first as they are unfettered by any kind of adult rule or intervention. this idyllic existence soon begins to pale however as petty schoolboy arguments and temper tantrums seem to take on monumental proportions in the island environment. Splits in the group start to emerge and a killing frenzy begins culminating in the deaths of three of the boys. Golding's description of the boys decent into savagery can be horrifying but at the same time it is scarily believable!
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