Close Quarters: A Novel
To the Ends of the Earth, William Golding's great sea trilogy, presents the extraordinary story of a warship's troubled journey to Australia in the early 1800s. Close Quarters marks the sequel to the Man Booker Prize-winning Rites of Passage
Told through the pages of Edmund Talbot's journalwith equal measure of wit and disdainit records the mounting tensions and growing misfortunes aboard the ancient ship.
An instant maritime classic, and one of Golding's finest achievements, the trilogy was adapted into a major BBC/PBS Masterpiece miniseries staring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris and Sam Neill.
To the Ends of the Earth:
1. Rites of Passage
2. Close Quarters
3. Fire Down Below
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Told through the pages of Edmund Talbot's journalwith equal measure of wit and disdainit records the mounting tensions and growing misfortunes aboard the ancient ship.
An instant maritime classic, and one of Golding's finest achievements, the trilogy was adapted into a major BBC/PBS Masterpiece miniseries staring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris and Sam Neill.
To the Ends of the Earth:
1. Rites of Passage
2. Close Quarters
3. Fire Down Below
Close Quarters: A Novel
To the Ends of the Earth, William Golding's great sea trilogy, presents the extraordinary story of a warship's troubled journey to Australia in the early 1800s. Close Quarters marks the sequel to the Man Booker Prize-winning Rites of Passage
Told through the pages of Edmund Talbot's journalwith equal measure of wit and disdainit records the mounting tensions and growing misfortunes aboard the ancient ship.
An instant maritime classic, and one of Golding's finest achievements, the trilogy was adapted into a major BBC/PBS Masterpiece miniseries staring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris and Sam Neill.
To the Ends of the Earth:
1. Rites of Passage
2. Close Quarters
3. Fire Down Below
Told through the pages of Edmund Talbot's journalwith equal measure of wit and disdainit records the mounting tensions and growing misfortunes aboard the ancient ship.
An instant maritime classic, and one of Golding's finest achievements, the trilogy was adapted into a major BBC/PBS Masterpiece miniseries staring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris and Sam Neill.
To the Ends of the Earth:
1. Rites of Passage
2. Close Quarters
3. Fire Down Below
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780374526368 |
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Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date: | 12/01/1999 |
Series: | To the Ends of the Earth Series , #2 |
Pages: | 281 |
Sales rank: | 724,684 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.65(d) |
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