Description

• The classic tale of schoolboys marooned on an island and the savagery that evolves
• With six full plate illustrations by Sam Weber
• Preface by Ian McEwan
• First Thus [The Folio Society, London, 2009]; xvi, 225, [7 blank]; red cloth, blocked design on front, titling to spine, a fine copy; in like plain cardboard slipcase

We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English; and the English are best at everything

– Jack Merridew