1st Edition 1962. Island is a 1962 novel by English writer Aldous Huxley, the author's final work before his death in 1963. It is the account of Will Farnaby, a cynical journalist who is shipwrecked on the fictional island of Pala. Island is Huxley's utopian counterpart to his most famous work, the 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The complete wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Spine tips rubbed. A good example