About this title: In the early 1800s, Edmund Talbot, a young and rather priggish Englishman, takes passage on a boat heading for Australia where he is to be an official in the colonial government. In addition to Talbot, many of the eccentric passengers--a sexually predatory sailor, the aging coquette Miss Zenobia Brocklebank, the ship's tyrannical captain--undergo profound changes in the course of the voyage, during which a naive clergyman is victimized and, finally, pushed to suicide. These events are described in the diary Talbot keeps en route. "Rites of Passage" won the Booker McConnell prize in 1980.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber, Incorporated, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780571117888ISBN:0571117880
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased and scuffed; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine hinge creased. read more
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Strauss
Date Published: 1980
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Description: Very Good. 1877727121 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: White Pine Pr, Fredonia, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9781877727122ISBN:1877727121
Description: Good. Trade paperback in good condition. There is a little edge rubbing, the corners are starting to dog-ear, a couple of them are starting to split just a little, pages are clean, [Satisfaction guaranteed! ]. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: White Pine Press, Fredonia, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9781877727122ISBN:1877727121
Description: Very Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Minor shelfwear. read more
Description: Very Good. 1877727121 **Softcover**--Exact ISBN Match--Very mild shelf wear. No personalizations, writing or marks in the text. Absolutely no spine creasing. Ships Quickly-IN STOCK-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Edition: Portway large print edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chivers Press, Bath, England
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780745171401ISBN:0745171400
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library copy with normal library markings. Pages are tight, lightly tanned and otherwise unmarked. Text is clean, no stains, folds or tears. Boards and mylar jacket have moderate wear. Sound book. Hardcover. [256]p. (large print). read more
"I liked this book - basically its the journal of Edmund Talbot (sort of a big deal in Ye Olde England) who travels to start a new life in Austrailia. The story is of how society and the norms degenerate aboard the ship as they get farther and farther into the uncharted waters. Edmund struggles between maintaining behaivor of a proper gentleman and acting how he wants. The main reason that I liked the book was because of the fact that Golding tried really hard to make it read like a journal - the chapters are misnumbered, some key details are missing, etc etc."
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