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Close Quarters

William Golding

2000261 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2000
first published
  • 1987Farrar, Straus, Giroux · 281 pages · ENGISBN 9780374125103
  • 1987Faber & Faber · 281 pages · ENGISBN 9780571147793
  • 1988Faber and Faber · 281 pages · ENGISBN 9780571151677
  • 1990Chivers · 261 pages · ENGISBN 9780745172156
  • 2000Faber and Faber · 288 pagesISBN 9780571191451
  • 1999Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 281 pages · ENGISBN 9780374526368
  • 1996Penguin AudiobooksISBN 9780140864328
  • —Faber · ENGISBN 9780571180905
AdventurousOceanStandard readModern History

Sequel to: Rites of passage. Recounts the further adventures of the eighteenth-century fighting ship, converted at the close of the Napoleonic War to carry passengers and cargo from England to Australia.

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