{"product_id":"rites-of-passage","title":"Rites of Passage","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntroduced by Annie Proulx, lose yourself in an epic naval journey in this Booker Prize-winning historical novel: the first in the acclaimed Sea Trilogy by the author of \u003cem\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I grow a little crazy, I think, like all men at sea who live too close to each other and too close thereby to all that is monstrous under the sun and moon . . .'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdmund Talbot is sailing to Australia in the early nineteenth century. In his journal, he records mounting tensions aboard the ancient, stinking warship, as officers, sailors, soldiers and emigrants jostle in the cramped darkness below decks. But when something happens to Reverend Colley that brings him into a 'hell of self-degradation', it seems that shame is a force deadlier than the sea itself...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Golding, author of \u003cem\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e, is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential writers of modern times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e, his first novel, has been read by millions, translated into more than forty-five languages, and adapted for screen and stage drama. He drew on his own experience as a teacher and his service in the Second World War, where – as he says – he saw 'what one man could do to another'. In the novel a group of schoolboys emerge from a plane crash on an idyllic tropical island. There are no adults, and they must survive on their own. The ensuing events continue to grip new readers every day, and the story has entered popular cultures all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Golding then wrote a series of remarkable novels on such wide-ranging subjects as the last days of the Neanderthals (\u003cem\u003eThe Inheritors\u003c\/em\u003e), the life-and-death struggles of an anti-hero (\u003cem\u003ePincher Martin\u003c\/em\u003e), and the moral cost of making a work of art (\u003cem\u003eThe Spire\u003c\/em\u003e). His settings are as diverse as post-war London (\u003cem\u003eDarkness Visible\u003c\/em\u003e) and ancient Greece (\u003cem\u003eThe Double Tongue\u003c\/em\u003e). In his sea trilogy, \u003cem\u003eTo the Ends of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, he takes the reader on an early nineteenth-century voyage to Australia, displaying a flair for adventure and comedy, as well as offering a profound analysis of class and sexuality. \u003cem\u003eRites of Passage\u003c\/em\u003e, the first novel of the sea trilogy, won the Booker Prize in 1980.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eRites of Passage\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'It is the emotional veracity of life at sea that powers Golding's exceptional writing … The fury, mystery and challenge.'\u003cbr\u003e– Kate Mosse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Golding writes the past as present [with] uncanny skill and tremendous intuition.'\u003cbr\u003e– Ben Okri\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom – necessary, provoking, urgent, rich, complex and rare.'\u003cbr\u003e– \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Golding's best and most accessible story since \u003cem\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e.'\u003cbr\u003e– Melvyn Bragg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An extraordinary novel.'\u003cbr\u003e– \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A truly noble achievement.'\u003cbr\u003e– Patrick O'Brien\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ 2022","offer_id":57366734930294,"sku":"9780571371648","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/2287\/2891\/files\/9780571371648-Rites_of_Passage-1-CWNB.jpg?v=1772032040","url":"https:\/\/sailorshop.co.uk\/products\/rites-of-passage","provider":"SailorShop.co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}