Well. It was a very interesting book, and I am very glad to have read it. It was also incredibly disturbing, which I guess is the point. I probably will see the movie at some stage (the b&w one, of course, not the modern American one). I ws right in assuming that the whole thing was set on the island – there was maybe one flashback from Ralph, and that was it. I think that was one of the coolest bits. It was so – laconic – and yet seemed to manage to get into their heads so brilliantly. I was impressed, anyway, and will have to remember to thank the people who forced me to read it.

How absolutely terrifying.