William Golding : the man who wrote Lord of the flies : a life

Stunning stuff, I was on the edge of my seat reading the last 50 pages of this. Golding does such a good job getting inside the heads of these young boys, the way he describes how their ideas of civilisation fall apart as Jack and Ralph fight for control of the island is pure brilliance. The book does move along at a steady pace until suddenly as we near the end everything just goes out of control.

I found this to be an absorbing read and wish that "I'm a celebrity get me out of here" was structured to be just like this.

It is a real shame I never got the chance to read this at school, it would have been so much better than the constant Shakespeare I had to put up with.

The copy I read was my wives copy from when she was at school, it was interesting to read her notes in the margins.

Wow, there is a lot in The Lord of the Flies, but I’m not going to dive into any of it; not at this point of time. All I will say is this classic dystopian novel could be about the importance of rules, a metaphor of something spiritual, a book of sociology or simply a story of young boys living a fantasy of no adult supervision. That’s the beauty of novels; according to William Golding. While it seems that a lot of people hated this book, it may be the simple fact that a lot of people were forced to read this book at school. After a plane crash leaving only a few survivors; all teenage boys, they set out to survive on an island while they wait to get rescued. They quickly organise themselves and set some rules, but with every day passing everything slowly collapses. This is a decent read and if you never had a chance to read it please don’t over look it; it may have something in it for you.