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Rites of passages

William Golding, Annie Proulx, Fernando Santos Fontenla

3.5 / 5

1980

278 pages

ImmigrantsOcean travelFictionFiction in SpanishMan Booker Prize Winneraward:man_booker_prize=1980Fiction in EnglishEmigration and immigrationHistoryLarge type booksNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815Historical fiction

During the early 18th century, passengers on a ship to Australia include a parson whom the crew choses as a scapegoat.

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