| Title:
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CLOSE QUARTERS
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RONALD BLYTHE |
| By: |
William Golding, Dr. Ronald Blythe |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571298567 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571298563 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
7 November, 2013 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
In a wilderness of heat, stillness and sea mists, a ball is held on a ship becalmed halfway to Australia. In this surreal, fete-like atmosphere the passengers dance and flirt, while beneath them thickets of weed like green hair spread over the hull. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the second volume of William Golding's Sea Trilogy. In a wilderness of heat, stillness and sea mists, a ball is held on a ship becalmed halfway to Australia. In this surreal, fete-like atmosphere the passengers dance and flirt, while beneath them thickets of weed like green hair spread over the hull. The sequel to Rites of Passage, Close Quarters, the second volume in Golding's acclaimed sea trilogy, is imbued with his extraordinary sense of menace. Half-mad with fear, with drink, with love and opium, everyone on this leaky, unsound hulk is 'going to pieces'. And in a nightmarish climax the very planks seem to twist themselves alive as the ship begins to come apart at the seams. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
| Returns: |
Returnable |