{"product_id":"rites-of-passage","title":"Rites of Passage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduced\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eby Annie Proulx,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elose\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eyourself in an epic naval journey in this Booker Prize-winning historical novel: the first in the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSea Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e by\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethe author of \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI grow a little crazy, I think, like all men at sea who live too close to each other and too close thereby to all that is monstrous under the sun and moon . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Edmund Talbot is sailing to Australia in the early nineteenth century. In his journal, he records mounting tensions aboard the ancient, stinking warship, as officers, sailors, soldiers and emigrants jostle in the cramped darkness below decks. But when something happens to Reverend Colley that brings him into a 'hell of self-degradation', it seems that shame is a force deadlier than the sea itself . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'It is the emotional veracity of life at sea that powers Golding's exceptional writing ... The fury, mystery and challenge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.'\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Mosse\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Golding writes the past as present [with] uncanny skill and tremendous intuition.'\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom - necessary, provoking, urgent, rich, complex and rare.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Golding's best and most accessible story since \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.'\u003c\/b\u003e Melvyn Bragg\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'An extraordinary novel.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A truly noble achievement'.\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo The Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e - Book One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Rites of Passage","offer_id":46339532128453,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-571-37164-8.jpg?v=1780986276","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/rites-of-passage","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}