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Rites of passage

Golding, William, 1911-19932022
Book
On board a warship bound for Australia, Edmund Talbot writes a journal to entertain his godfather back in England, recording the mounting tensions with wit and disdain. Then one passenger, an obsequious clergyman, attracts the animosity of the crew.
Main title:
Rites of passage / William Golding.
Edition:
[New edition] / with a foreword by Annie Proulx.
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2022.
Collation:
xviii, 298 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Previous edition: 1980.
Awards:
Booker Prize 1980
ISBN:
9780571371648 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
BRN:
537862
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