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Rites of Passage

(1980)
(The first book in the To the Ends of the Earth series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1980 Booker Prize

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.


Genre: Historical

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