a novel by William Golding about a group of boys living on a desert island (=a small island with no people living on it) after a plane accident. At first they work together and help each other, but soon they become cruel and violent towards each other (1954)
{i} allegorical novel written by William Golding in 1954 telling the story of English schoolboys stranded on a tropical island during a time of atomic warfare who tried to govern themselves