Close Quarters: William GoldingBook II of To The Ends Of The Earth. Edmund Talbot has completed the journal which he was keeping for his godfather and now the narrative of the adventurous voyage is much more personal, less constrained and less pompous. The real Edmund emerges a privileged young man who has led a sheltered. He gradually becomes on more and more familiar terms with the ship's officers and his fellow passengers and has life changing experiences. There is also an