Almost anyone who went to a high school in the United States has probably read Lord of the Flies. But very few have read anything else by William Golding. Michael Dirda reviewed William Golding: The Man Who Wrote ‘Lord of the Flies’ by John Carey last summer in the magazine, and the review is certainly worth revisiting for anyone who remembers being gripped by the horror of Piggy’s fate:
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