"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Lord of the Flies
By: William Golding
Lord of the Flies is an entertaining allegory novel that teaches a valuable lesson to its readers. The author of this book is William Golding. Even better he has the experience to back up the lesson of the story. During World War II he joined the Royal Army, where he served in command of a rocket-launcher and participated in the invasion of Normandy. This book's sales enabled Golding to retire and devote himself fully to writing. He wrote several more novels, notably Pincher Martin (1956), and a play, The Brass Butterfly (1958). This book won him the…