Black Water (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Joyce Carol Oates
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: History, Abused persons, Twentieth century, Betrayal, New England, Alcohol, Islands, Accidents, Politicians, Parties, Automobiles, Drunk driving or drivers, Fourth of July, Harbors
- Locales: Boston, MA, Washington, D.C., Islands, Maine
BLACK WATER is a fictional tragedy that refuses to abandon its origins in personal political history. “The Senator,” whose name is never given beyond this title, arrives at a Fourth of July party on Grayling Island, Maine. During the course of the afternoon, he meets and captivates Kelly Kelleher, and the two of them leave to catch the last ferry off the Island, to have dinner in Boothbay Harbor, and, presumably, to the spend the night at the motel where the Senator is staying. But the drunken Senator misses the ferry road and ends up on a narrow, abandoned track, and, in the rush...
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