Lord of the Flies

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 dreams are transformed into something more primitive and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous savage significance. First published in 1954 Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics.