Fire Down Below Audiobook By William Golding cover art

Fire Down Below

Preview

Try for $0.00
Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Fire Down Below

By: William Golding
Narrated by: William Golding
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $28.43

Buy for $28.43

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

About this listen

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. Read by the author in 1989, this recording was re-mastered in 2022.

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 ...

To The Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy - Book Three

©2022 William Golding (P)2022 Faber Audio
Fiction Historical Fiction Sea Adventures Adventure
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Critic reviews

"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)

What listeners say about Fire Down Below

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.