Reviews for WILLIAM GOLDING'S LORD OF THE FLIES

The average rating for WILLIAM GOLDING'S LORD OF THE FLIES based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-09-30 00:00:00 Yashvir Singh 3.5 This book is divided into four sections and each has its own quality, or lack thereof. It starts off strong with "Prose," which is nonfiction about theatre and its personalities. This was enjoyable, an insight into the mind of a playwright and screenwriter. (4 stars) The second section, "Prose Fiction," is the big drop-off. Wordplay and interchangeability of characters appear, much in the same way as they do is in his plays, but they don't work for me as short stories. It also didn't help that any woman in any of the stories seems to be there only as an object of lust, or a body part. (2 stars) The "Poetry" section, presented chronologically, is uninspiring at first but picks up considerably about halfway through. Of course, it helped that I still had Julian Sands' voice in my head as I read some of these. (See here for that account.) A reworking of his own The Birthday Party in poetic form is interesting. (3 stars) The book ends on a high note with "Politics," essays to various newspapers, most dealing with the hypocrisy of the U.S. and its relations with other countries, as well as the inclusion of two articles (not written by Pinter) about the banning of a production of his plays in an English prison and the arrests at a rehearsal of Mountain Language at a Kurdish community center in London. I laughed at the ridiculousness of the first, but the latter was too scary and sad for even a chuckle. (4 stars)

Review # 2 was written on 2018-01-10 00:00:00 Steven Lovrics to summarize - a selection of his non play related writing. Some of the non fiction is great, esp some letters written to The Guardian. I wish I could be that articulate about Reagan/Nicaragua/Iraq/Bush insanity.