{"product_id":"william-golding-close-quarters-2022-paperback","title":"William Golding: Close Quarters [2022] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduced by Helen Castor, l\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eose \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eyourself in an epic naval journey in the second novel in the Booker Prize-winning historical fiction \u003ci\u003eSea Trilogy \u003c\/i\u003eby \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe author of \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis tropical nowhere was the whole world - the whole \u003c\/i\u003eimaginable \u003ci\u003eworld.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA decrepit warship is becalmed halfway to Australia, stilled in an ocean wilderness of heat and sea mists. In this surreal, fete-like atmosphere, a ball is held with a passing ship: the passengers dance and flirt, while beneath them seaweed like green hair spreads omniously over the hull. Half-mad with fear, drink, love and opium, both vessel and passengers feel themselves going to pieces: and the very planks seem to twist themselves alive as the ship comes apart at the seams . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fantastic ... Gems tumble off the pages ... A strong sense of drama ... Much of the pleasure of reading his work is his original imagery.' Annie Proulx\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'No living writer has represented the fragility of man's experience so marvellously as Golding.' AS Byatt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It is in Golding's magnificent, therapeutic, terrifying descriptions of seascapes that the deepest meanings can be found.' Kate Mosse\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Stunning . . . As exciting as any thriller.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A feat of imaginative reconstruction, as vivid as a dream.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tells an utterly absorbing tale, in language of immense force and subtlety.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo The Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e - Book Two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Golding, William","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":54619300430163,"sku":"9780571371662","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/9780571371662.jpg?v=1787073652","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/william-golding-close-quarters-2022-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}