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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Bone by Boneby Peter Matthiessen
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In Bone by Bone, Peter Matthiessen speaks in the extraordinary voice of the enigmatic and dangerous E. J. Watson, whom we first saw, obliquely, through the eyes of his early twentieth-century Everglades community in Killing Mister Watson. This astonishing novel, calling to account the violence, virulent racism, and destruction of the land that fueled the so-called American Dream, points an accusing finger straight into the burning eyes of Uncle Sam. Here is the bloodied child of the Civil War and Reconstruction who dreams of recovering the family plantation. He becomes the gifted cane planter nearing success on a wilderness river when he gives in fatally to his accumulating demons. Powerfully imagined, prodigiously detailed, Bone by Bone is a literary tour de force as bold and ambitious as Watson himself. Review:"Bone by Bone is a superb novel, one that succeeds dramatically on every level. I read it in great gulps, up each night later than I wanted to be in my hungry impatience to find out more, and more." Joseph Heller Review:"A masterpiece." Los Angeles Times Book Review Review:"Bone by Bone has all the lineaments of greatness." The Washington Post Review:"Like a true tragic figure, [Watson] knows and understands; he does not wriggle to save his own skin....This is a work of genuine dignity." The New York Times Synopsis:In this astonishing novel, Matthiessen speaks in the extraordinary voice of the enigmatic and dangerous E.J. Watson, whom readers first saw, obliquely, in Killing Mister Watson, calling to account the violence, virulent racism, and destruction of the land that fueled the so-called American Dream. Map. About the AuthorPeter Matthiessen lives in Sagaponack, New York. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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