Close Quarters

Close Quarters - Paperback

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Close Quarters - Paperback

Close Quarters - Paperback

by William Golding
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by William Golding (Author)

To the Ends of the Earth, William Golding's great sea trilogy, presents the extraordinary story of a warship's troubled journey to Australia in the early 1800s. Close Quarters marks the sequel to the Man Booker Prize-winning Rites of Passage

Told through the pages of Edmund Talbot's journal--with equal measure of wit and disdain--it records the mounting tensions and growing misfortunes aboard the ancient ship.

An instant maritime classic, and one of Golding's finest achievements, the trilogy was adapted into a major BBC/PBS Masterpiece miniseries staring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris and Sam Neill.

To the Ends of the Earth:
1. Rites of Passage
2. Close Quarters
3. Fire Down Below

Author Biography

William Golding (1911-93) was born in Cornwall, England. His first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954 and became an international bestseller. In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Number of Pages: 281
Dimensions: 0.75 x 8.54 x 5.56 IN
Publication Date: December 01, 1999
ISBN9780374526368
Author William Golding
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 1999
LanguageENG- English
Pages281
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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William Golding was born in Cornwall, England, in 1911 and educated at Oxford University. His first book, Poems, was published in 1935. Following a stint in the Royal Navy during World War II, Golding wrote Lord of the Flies while teaching school. It was the first of several works, including the novels Pincher Martin, Free Fall, and The Inheritors and a play, The Brass Butterfly, which led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.

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