“Lord of the Flies” By William Golding William Golding received
the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Booker Prize for Literature
and he was even knighted in 1988. He is best known for his
novel, Lord of the Flies, which continues to be one of the most
challenged and controversial books of all time, despite the fact
that it reaches the top of almost all best-loved and must-read
literature lists. Lord of the Flies, which comments on the human
tendency towards group thinking and the lines between peace and
war, is challenging because it does so through the eyes of
children. One of the most powerful and thought-provoking books
of all time, Lord of the Flies is another absolute must, though
not for the faint of heart.