Water Music

Water Music by Boyle, T. C.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780316104678.

Twenty five years ago, T.C. Boyle published his first novel, Water Musicâ a funny, bawdy, extremely entertaining novel of imaginative and stylistic fancy that announced to the world Boyles tremendous gifts as a storyteller. Set in the late eighteenth century, Water Music follows the wild adventures of Ned Rise, thief and whoremaster, and Mungo Park, a Scottish explorer, through Londons seamy gutters and Scotlands scenic highlandsâ to their grand meeting in the heart of darkest Africa. There they join forces and wend their hilarious way to the source of the Niger.