Mosquitoes

by William Faulkner

Overview

A strange assortment of people have gathered on a yacht belonging to a New York matron. They are not sure why they are there, and most have come against their better judgment, but nevertheless they plan to frolic and enjoy.

Using satirical humor, the author, better known as the grim master of novels such as SOLDIER'S PAY and THE SOUND AND THE FURY, weaves a sparkling and compelling story. Though humor is a change for Faulkner, he adheres to his own high standards of excellence and we find that he is more than up to the challenge.

"For readers, a new look at an old master." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593470985
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/15/2023
Series:	Vintage International
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	280,164
Product dimensions:	5.16(w) x 7.97(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

William Faulkner (1897–1962) is the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, among other works. These two novels were originally published by Liveright in the 1920s.

Date of Birth:

September 25, 1897

Date of Death:

July 6, 1962

Place of Birth:

New Albany, Mississippi

Place of Death:

Byhalia, Mississippi

Table of Contents

Prologue 
The First Day
The Second Day
The Third Day
The Fourth Day
Epilogue
 

Editorial Reviews

"Swift and lusty writing. . . . A brilliance that you can rightfully expect only in the writings of a few." —Lillian Hellman, New York Herald Tribune

“Faulkner has a sense of character; he has a sense of humor; he has a sense of style." —Conrad Aiken, New York Evening Post

"Wistful and poetic as well as sophisticatedly cynical." —Saturday Review

From the Publisher

[Mosquitoes] is full of the fine kind of swift and lusty writing that comes from a healthy, fresh pen.
—New York Herald Tribune

Lillian Hellman

Faulkner has a sense of character; he has a sense of humor; he has a sense of style; and for his new novel, Mosquitoes, he has found an amusing and…original setting.
—New York Evening Post

Conrad Aiken

Swift and lusty writing…A brilliance that you can rightfully expect only in the writings of a few men.”

New York Times bestselling author Lillian Hellman