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Set in the late eighteenth century, Water Music follows the wild adventures of Ned Rise, thief and whoremaster, and Mungo Park, a Scottish explorer, through London's seamy gutters and Scotland's scenic highlands to their grand meeting in the heart of darkest Africa.
Set in the late eighteenth century, Water Music follows the wild adventures of Ned Rise, thief and whoremaster, and Mungo Park, a Scottish explorer, through London's seamy gutters and Scotland's scenic highlandsâ to their grand meeting in the heart of darkest Africa.
Set in the late eighteenth century, Water Music follows the wild adventures of Ned Rise, thief and whoremaster, and Mungo Park, a Scottish explorer, through London's seamy gutters and Scotland's scenic highlands—to their grand meeting in the heart of darkest Africa.
Water Music is the first novel by T. C. Boyle, published in 1981. It is a semifictional historical fiction adventure set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Water Music. Paperback – January 1, 1998. by T. C Boyle T. Coraghessan Boyle (Author) 4.4 301 ratings. See all formats and editions. Set in 1795, "Water Music" is the rambunctious account of two men's wild adventures through the gutters of London and the Scottish Highlands to their unlikely meeting in darkest Africa..
Water Music combines elements of the picaresque novel—a satirical narrative in which a roguish character of low social standing (Ned Rise) survives by his wits—with the classic story of a hero's quest (Mungo Park's search for the Niger River).
Water Music, named after Georg Friedrich Händel ’s suite, written in the exotic language and boasting the exotic contents, is itself some sort of music – at the same time tragic and burlesque, the novel is a set of adventures and misadventures rolled into one thick volume of fortune.
Water music : a novel. by. Boyle, T. Coraghessan. Publication date. 1981. Topics. Park, Mungo, 1771-1806 -- Fiction, Discoveries in geography -- Fiction, Explorers -- Fiction, Africa, West -- Fiction. Publisher. Boston : Little, Brown. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Item Size. 1.3G
"Set in the late eighteenth century, Water Music follows the wild adventures of Ned Rise, thief and whoremaster, and Mungo Park, a Scottish explorer, through...
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