FIRE DOWN BELOW PB B FORMAT – WILLIAM GOLDING-VICTORIA GLENDINNING

Lose yourself in an epic naval journey in the final novel in the Booker Prize-winning Sea Trilogy by the author of Lord of the Flies. I think there has been death in my hands. On the last stretch of its epic voyage from England to Australia, a disintegrating warship inches towards land. But there are still trials ahead, as the vessel is smashed against an ice cliff and blasted by a great storm, while the claustrophobic passengers battle erotic desires, masculine rivalry and violent power struggles – all experiencing a sea change in their natures. And when an unseen fire begins to smoulder below decks, the other side of the world has never seemed further away … A truly noble achievement . Patrick O Brien Laden to the waterline with a rich cargo of practicalities and poetry, pain and hilarity, drama and exaltation. Sunday Times A tour de force … A persuasive adventure, love story and allegory, as serious as it is entertaining. Penelope Lively The best novel I ve read this year … The language fizzes and spits. Daily Telegraph Reeks and resounds with authenticity … The epic imaginative enterprise [is] as formidable a feat as the year-long odyssey it charts. Sunday Times Awesome …Ambivalent, unresolved, walking a tightrope between reason and spirituality, tragedy and comedy … So compelling and disturbing. Victoria Glendinning To The Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy – Book Three