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A new one-volume edition of this classic sequence of sea novels set in the early nineteenth century, about a voyage from England to Australia.
Rites of Passage (Winner of the Booker Prize)
'The work of a master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom.' The Times
Close Quarters
'A feat of imaginative reconstruction, as vivid as a dream.' Daily Mail
Fire Down Below
'Laden to the waterline with a rich cargo of practicalities and poetry, pain and hilarity, drama and exaltation.' Sunday Times
Rites of Passage (Winner of the Booker Prize)
'The work of a master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom.' The Times
Close Quarters
'A feat of imaginative reconstruction, as vivid as a dream.' Daily Mail
Fire Down Below
'Laden to the waterline with a rich cargo of practicalities and poetry, pain and hilarity, drama and exaltation.' Sunday Times
Einkunnir og umsagnir
3,5
2 umsagnir
Um höfundinn
William Golding (1911-1993) was a Booker and Nobel Prize-winning author, best known for his first novel, Lord of the Flies, published originally in 1954 and adapted for film in 1963. His other works include The Inheritors (1955), Pincher Martin (1956), The Spire (1964), Rites of Passage (1980), The Double Tongue (published posthumously in 1995) a now rare volume, Poems (1934) and the essay collections The Hot Gates and A Moving Target.
Golding was educated at Marlborough Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford. Before his writing career, Golding was a schoolmaster. He was also a keen actor, musician and small-boat sailor.
In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
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