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Originally Posted by HarryT
There was an interesting BBC Radio programme on a while ago in which the editor who eventually took on "Lord of the Flies" was explaining what a huge job it was (essentially a complete re-write) to make it publishable. The initial manuscript version of the book was, apparently, virtually unreadable, which is why so many publishers rejected it before one decided to take it on.
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Interestingly, I've heard similar things about Frank Herbert's scifi classic Dune. I doubt many publishers these days would be willing to take on a book that needs that kind of work.