Following "Rites of Passage", this is second of Golding's "Sea Trilogy". Half-way to Australia in a wilderness of heat, stillness and sea mists, a ball is held on a becalmed ship. In this surreal atmosphere the passengers dance and flirt, while beneath them thickets of weed spread over the hull. |
Author: William Golding Title: Close Quarters Series: To the Ends of the Earth First Published by: Farrar Straus & Giroux Place: Format: HC Date: 1987 ISBN-10: 0571147798 ISBN-13: 9780571147793 |