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William Golding's Rites of Passage is one of those books you can't say much about, since it ruins the tale. On surface, it is about Edward Talbot's voyage to Australia in 1812. Talbot is a pompous young man, and aristocrat, who happens to keep a detailed journal. As the pages go by, you see glimmerings of maturity, and a sure eye for recording details.
The book starts out in a comic vein, one that had me thinking early on of the Flashman novels. (I never thought of Golding as being funny before. ...more
The book starts out in a comic vein, one that had me thinking early on of the Flashman novels. (I never thought of Golding as being funny before. ...more
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