Dec 20, 2009

Black Water | Black Water

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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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Black Water | Black Water

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