Swimming rituals

The first book of one of the most significant works of literature of the twentieth century is the cult "marine trilogy" of William Golding. "Romance of growing up", dedicated to the clash between the dream and reality, between the imaginary and the existing.
England, the first half of the XIX century. Young intellectual Edmund Talbot goes on a journey to the shores of distant Australia, where he, like many other young aristocrats, is already ensured by the efforts of the influential friend of the family, an unconscious and profitable synecure. However, the young man does not suspect that the old and dirty ship, which can hardly resist the oceanic elements, will become a kind of "school of life" for him. Human society in miniature, which Edmund has to be observed and studying, again and again finding himself in a witness (or even involuntary participant) of funny, then amazing, or even truly dramatic events