William Golding's unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of
humanity comes to Penguin Classics in a stunning Graphic Deluxe Edition with a
new foreword by Lois Lowry
As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies
continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of
human nature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary
boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth,
a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, and even a vision of the
apocalypse. But above all, it has earned its place as