William Golding's first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954. It is now internationally recognized as a twentieth-century classic, one of the most celebrated and widely read works of modern fiction.

A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish fears are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance.

Faber and Faber, 1958. Paperback, First thus edition. 12.2 x 18.3 x 1.5 cm.

248 pages.

Condition: Lightly creased spine, evident under the laminate. the laminate crackles when you run your finger along it, slightly rubbed at its extremities affecting the base of the spine most, darkened around the edges of the laminate. Clean internally. A very good copy.