A plane crashes on an uninhabited 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. In this, his first novel, William Golding gave the traditional adventure story an ironic, devastating twist. The boys' delicate sense of order fades, and their childish fears are transformed into something deeper and more primitive. Their games take on a horrible significance, and before long the well-behaved party of schoolboys has turned into a tribe of faceless, murderous savages. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is now recognized as a classic, one of the most celebrated of all modern novels. - See more at: http://www.faber.co.uk/catalog/lord-of-the-flies/9780571056866#sthash.CWBll4FV.dpuf

《蒼蠅王》所寫的是：在一個毫無大人管束的孩子團體中，罪惡是怎麼逐漸顯現，以至最後是如何抵消、擊敗所有理性的努力。悚人聽聞的遊獵過程：那些自認已有自主能力的孩童，在遊戲中越演越烈的失控，未嘗不是成人世界的縮影。