The Sea Trilogy
William Golding
Rites of Passage
Close Quarters
Fire Down Below
In William Golding’s Sea Trilogy, the sea is an ever-present force that traverses all three novels. Over the course of the books it imposes its power and unpredictability, with devastating effects on the characters held at its mercy. Golding won the 1980 Booker Prize for the first instalment, Rites of Passage: his naval epic recounted in the pages of Edmund Talbot’s journal as he voyages to Australia amid mounting tensions aboard an ancient, stinking warship.
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