Lost Man’s River (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter Matthiessen
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: The Florida Everglades
- Principal Characters: Lucius Watson, Speck Daniels, Henry Short, Watson Dyer, Sally Brown, R. B. (“Chicken”) Collins
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, Racism, Murder or homicide, Obsession, Native Americans or American Indians, Death or dying, Home
- Locales: Florida
Lost Man’s River carries forward the intricately woven family saga, set in the Florida Everglades, that Peter Matthiessen began with his 1990 novel Killing Mister Watson. He envisions the series as a trilogy but has said in interviews that “It’s all one book. It’s just that I chopped the first third away and gave it to Random House. Eventually, I would like to see the whole thing under one cover.” The concluding volume is set for publication in late 1998. As reviewer Janet Burroway wrote in The New York Times, the project is one of “enormous ambition,...
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