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Works :: RITES OF PASSAGE
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An extraordinary mixture of the sea, society and the individual in an early nineteenth century Royal Navy sailing ship on its way to Australia. What happened to the wretched parson on his visit to the fo'c'stle to bring Christian enlightenment to the jolly Jack Tars? What made him will his own death? And how did Edmund Talbot, the young aristocrat whose journal forms most of the narrative, respond to the bewildering cast of passengers and crew in the drama of this confined environment?
In 1980 this novel won the Booker McConnell Prize.
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