Dead Man Leading (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: V. S. Pritchett
- First Published: 1937
- Type of Work: Psychological adventure
- Time of Work: c. 1930
- Setting: Brazil and London
- Principal Characters: Harry Johnson, Charles Wright, Gilbert Phillips, Lucy Mommbrekke, Silva
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Voyages, Nature, Missions or missionaries, Friendship, 1930’s, Mysteries, Jungles or rain forests, Rivers or waterways, London, Survivalism, Adventure, South America or South Americans, Exploration or explorers
- Locales: Brazil, London, England
The Novel
Three Englishmen, Harry Johnson, Gilbert Phillips, and Charles Wright, plan an expedition to explore virgin territory in Brazil. Johnson and Wright are experienced explorers; Phillips, a journalist, is not. The initial motivation came from Wright, who had earlier made it to the edge of the territory but fell ill; his incomplete exploration has haunted him ever since. The novel opens with Johnson and Phillips on a launch going up a Brazilian river to meet Wright at a town that was to be the jumping-off point for the expedition. (The river and town are nameless, as are...
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