‘Lord of the Flies’ review: Jack Thorne stays true to Golding’s novel
Jack Thorne, who co-wrote last yearβs prize-winning βAdolescence,β returns with another story of fractured childhood with an admirable, engrossing new adaptation of William Goldingβs much-taught novel of boy castaways, βThe Lord of the Flies.β (Not to be confused with βThe Lord of the Rings,β though I keep typing that by mistake.) Published in 1954, Goldingβs…