William Golding
12) Rites of passage
Author
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
In the cabin of an ancient, stinking warship bound for Australia, a man writes a journal to entertain his godfather back in England. With wit and disdain he records mounting tensions on board, as an obsequious clergyman attracts the animosity of the tyrannical captain and surly crew.