Lord of the flies
Published by Faber & Faber (3 Mar 1997)
Author: Golding, William
Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780571191475
Details
- Edition: Main
- Imprint: Faber & Faber
- Language: English
- Pages: 225
- Dimensions: 19.8 × 12.6 × 1.4 cm
- Dewey: 823.914 (edition:21)
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Title overview
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a dystopian classic: ‘exciting, relevant and thought-provoking’ (Stephen King). When a group of schoolboys are stranded on a desert island, what could go wrong?
‘One of my favorite books – I read it every couple of years.’ (Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games)
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‘Terrifying and haunting.’ (Kingsley Amis)
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