BLACK WATER
by Oates, Joyce Carol
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dutton, 1992. First edition. Uncorrected proof in blue and black glossy wrappers. A short novel obviously based on Kennedy's Chappaquiddick accident. Nominated for the National Book Award and a Pulitzer. 153 pp. Fine copy.
Synopsis
Joyce Carol Oates uses the 1969 Chappaquidick scandal that colored Ted Kennedy's career as a basis for this novel, retelling it from the young woman's point of view. Kelly Kelleher has just met "The Senator" at a Fourth of July party, and the vulnerable young woman goes driving with him after they have had a couple of drinks. As we hope that the inevitable tragedy rewrites itself in this recreation, we know that the black waters will indeed rise by the end of this gripping short novel.
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- Seller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 65075
- Title
- BLACK WATER
- Author
- Oates, Joyce Carol
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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