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reviewed Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century; Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)

William Golding: Lord of the Flies (1999, Penguin (Non-Classics))

Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize–winning British author William Golding. …

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We had to read this in school when I was about 17 years old. We read the German version "Herr der Fliegen", but I nevertheless quite liked it. We even went to see the movie (black-and-white) which was on at a cinema in town then.