{"product_id":"rites-of-passage-paperback-1","title":"Rites of Passage - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Golding\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1980 Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e William Golding's To the Ends of the Earth trilogy is now a BBC\/PBS Masterpiece miniseries staring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris and Sam Neill. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSailing to Australia in the early years of the nineteenth century, Edmund Talbot keeps a journal to amuse his godfather back in England. Full of wit and disdain, he records the mounting tensions on the ancient, sinking warship where officers, sailors, soldiers and emigrants jostle in the cramped spaces below decks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen a single passenger, the obsequious Reverend Colley, attracts the animosity of the sailors, and in the seclusion of the fo'castle something happens to bring him into a hell of degradation, where shame is a force deadlier than the sea itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo the Ends of the Earth: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Rites of Passage\u003cbr\u003e2. Close Quarters\u003cbr\u003e3. Fire Down Below\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Golding\u003c\/b\u003e (1911-93) was born in Cornwall, England. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1954 and became an international bestseller. In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.54 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 19, 1980\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker Prize (1980)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762289017120,"sku":"9780374526405","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d404bd9b5f2aa7df1fcb4131da1d37ce.webp?v=1780218714","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rites-of-passage-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}