**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, f ete-like atmosphere the passengers dance and flirt, while beneath them thickets of weed like green hair spread ov
Close Quarters: With an introduction by Ronald Blythe
β Scribed by Blythe, Dr Ronald;Golding, William
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Edition
- Main
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- London
- ISBN
- 0571267432
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β¦ Synopsis
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, f Γͺte-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.
β¦ Subjects
FICTION -- Classics
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