"Wonderfully imaginative." – The Seattle Times Like the state itself, Swamplandia! is a crossroads where the wild and the tame, the spectacular and the mundane meet underneath the hubbub of the fantastic lies a family of misfits at sea in their grief–theirs is a story that is as ordinary as it is heartbreaking." – Boston Globe "Beautiful, dark, and funny." – Rolling Stone "A spook-house masterpiece." – Atlanta Journal-Constitution A novel of idiosyncratic and eloquent language hyperreal, Technicolor settings and larger-than-life characters who are nonetheless heartbreakingly vulnerable and keenly emotional. "If no such thing as the Great Floridian Novel already existed, consider it done. "The bewitching Swamplandia! is a tremendous achievement." – Entertainment Weekly "Seduces before you've turned the first page." – People will lodge in the memories of anyone lucky enough to read Swamplandia!" – The New York Times Book Review This family, wrestling with their desires and demons. "Vividly worded, exuberant in characterization, the novel is a wild ride. Russell has deep and true talent." – San Francisco Chronicle A marvel." – The New York Times " has thrown the whole circus of her heart onto the page, safety nets be damned. Nominated for the Orange Prize "Absolutely irresistible. Selected for the New Yorker's 20 Under 40 One of Granta's Best Young American Novelists
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