{"product_id":"close-quarters-by-william-golding-9780571371662","title":"Close Quarters","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis tropical nowhere was the whole world - the whole \u003cem\u003eimaginable\u003c\/em\u003e world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA decrepit warship is becalmed halfway to Australia, stilled in an ocean wilderness of heat and sea mists. In this surreal, fête-like atmosphere, a ball is held with a passing ship: the passengers dance and flirt, while beneath them seaweed like green hair spreads ominously 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'No living writer has represented the fragility of man's experience so marvellously as Golding.' - AS Byatt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'It is in Golding's magnificent, therapeutic, terrifying descriptions of seascapes that the deepest meanings can be found.' - Kate Mosse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo The Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e - Book Two\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46545950310636,"sku":"9780571371662","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11392733482391.jpg?v=1749823107","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/close-quarters-by-william-golding-9780571371662","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}