Water Music (novel)
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| Author | T. C. Boyle |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Little Brown |
Publication date | January, 1982 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 437 pp (First edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-316-10467-1 (First edition, hardcover) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | Descent of Man |
| Followed by | Budding Prospects |
Water Music is the first novel by T. C. Boyle, first published in 1982. It is a semi-fictional historical comical adventure novel that is set in the late 18th and early 19th century. It follows the parallel adventures and intertwining fates of its protagonists Ned Rise, a luckless con artist, and Mungo Park, a famous explorer - the latter being based on an actual historical person. The book takes place in various locales in Scotland, England, and Africa and revolves around the imperial British effort to find the location of the Niger River and its source.
The novel is loosely based on historical sources, including the historical Park's own account of a part of the events in his 1816 book, Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa. However, as Boyle admits in his foreword to Water Music, he did take many liberties from his sources and doesn't claim historical accuracy.
Book information
Water Music by T. C. Boyle
- Hardcover - ISBN 0-316-10467-1 (1981, First edition) published by Little Brown
- Paperback - ISBN 0-14-006550-4 (1983) published by Penguin Books
From the author's website: Although the book was published in 1981, it was released in early January, 1982.
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