Title:
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RITES OF PASSAGE
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By: |
William Golding |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£7.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0571191444 |
ISBN 13: |
9780571191444 |
Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
Pub. date: |
3 March, 1997 |
Pages: |
288 |
Description: |
In the cabin of an ancient, stinking warship bound for Australia, a man writes a journal to entertain his godfather back in England. With wit and disdain he records mounting tensions on board, as an obsequious clergyman attracts the animosity of the tyrannical captain and surly crew. |
Synopsis: |
In the cabin of an ancient, stinking warship bound for Australia, a man writes a journal to entertain his godfather back in England. With wit and disdain he records mounting tensions on board, as an obsequious clergyman attracts the animosity of the tyrannical captain and surly crew. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
Prizes: |
Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1980 |
Returns: |
Returnable |