Rites of Passage
William Golding
288 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0571191444
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Language: English
Publish: 852105600000
20th CenturyBritish LiteratureClassicsFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionLiterary FictionLiteratureNobel PrizeNovels
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.