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Lord of the Flies

Written by Patrick Reilly

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180 pages, about 4 hours of reading

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Patrick Reilly illuminates Lord of the Flies's place within the Swiftian tradition and looks beyond the novel as a tale of pure lament, finding it a work of joyful imagination that expresses hope.

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