So Much Water So Close to Home (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Raymond Carver
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1970's
- Setting: Western Washington
- Principal Characters: Claire, Stuart, Gordon Johnson, Mel Dorn, Vern Williams
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, Husbands, United States or Americans, Wives, Murder or homicide, Rape, Pacific Northwest, Fishing or fishermen
- Locales: Washington
The Story
Four buddies—Stuart, the husband of the narrator, Claire; Gordon Johnson; Mel Dorn; and Vern Williams—encounter more “wilderness” than they bargain for on a backcountry fishing trip along the Naches River in western Washington. Carrying camping and fishing gear, food, playing cards, and whiskey, they hike five miles to where they want to fish. Before they finish setting up their camp, Mel finds the nude body of a young woman wedged in branches in the river. One of the men suggests that they start back immediately, but the others want to stay because they are...
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