| In the Wake of the Boatman Contributor(s): Fuqua, Jonathon Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 1890862428 ISBN-13: 9781890862428 Publisher: Bancroft Press OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2008 Annotation: Epic in scope, brilliant in characterization, and fascinating in its insights into family dynamics and male sexuality, Jonathon Scott Fuqua's In the Wake of the Boatman is as close to a perfect novel as most will ever read. A study of family dynamics and sexuality, the narrative concentrates on the life of Puttnum Douglas Steward, born during the middle of World War Two, and immediately considered better off dead than alive by his father, an amateur boat builder. Fuqua, author of the Alex Award-winning The Reappearance of Sam Webber, Today Show-recommended Darby, and critically acclaimed Gone and Back Again, is one of America's best writers, and In the Wake of the Boatman is his greatest masterpiece to date. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Espionage - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004115873 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 309 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Puttnam Douglas Steward isn't having an identity crisis--he is one. To his father Carl, he's a disappointment, and has been since the day he came home from the hospital. To his mother, he's Mama's Boy, and will forever be nothing less and nothing more.The Army thinks he's a hero, having single-handedly saved his troops from an ambush when they stumble upon a major, unknown supply line in Vietnam, then exposing a major Soviet espionage ring in the U.S.Only Milton, Putt's college friend and environmental activist, and Putt's sister Mary see that something is deeply confused about Puttnam Steward. Yet neither of them knows that the only time Putt ever truly feels happy is when he wears a woman's clothes and becomes, for a brief, fleeting moment, someone else. And they don't know how much that disgusts him.In the Wake of the Boatman is a brilliant drama, stirringly and sensitively told, about the elusiveness of identity. Another important novel from one of America's most praised and accomplished novelists, it's a masterpiece that won't soon be forgotten. |