{"product_id":"rites-of-passage-9780374526405","title":"Rites of Passage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1980 Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam 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\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-34197\"\u003eWilliam Golding\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/1980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.56w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374526405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374526400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC047000\"\u003eSea Stories\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42675245547757,"sku":"9780374526405","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c6fed5b6-8ca0-4f65-96d8-e3aa06e76898.jpg?v=1649600468","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/rites-of-passage-9780374526405","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}