Killing Mister Watson [antikvár]

KILLING MISTER WATSON "This növel stands with the best that our nation has produced as literature . . . As a philosophical study of the quality of humán - and all - nature [it] is first rate. As a political allegory, it is stunning"marianne wiggins, Los Angeles Times "A profound and convincing account of our battle with both inner and external nature, and of the violence we have done to the world and to ourselves"brian morton, The Times "Killing Mister Watson is Peter Matthiessen's. . . most impressive növel, a fiction in the tradition of Joseph Conrad, as fiercely incisive as the work of Sinclair Lewis, a virtuoso performance that powerfully indicts the heedlessness and hidden criminality that are part and parcel of America's devotion to the pursuit ofwealth, to its cult of financial success"ron hansen, New York Times "A deeply impressive book with memorable descriptive passages and a rich assortment of vernacular voices to relieve the slow and meticulous method" christopher wordsworth, Guardian "Peter Matthiessen . . . proves himself a master" hugo barnacle, Independent "A virtuoso performance . . . Exploratory and exciting . . . Killing Mister Watson is Peter Matthiessen at his best" New York Times "Utterly convincing" joyce carol oates, WashingtonPost