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A young Japanese seaman jumps ship off the coast of Georgia and washes ashore on a barrier island inhabited by a strange mix of rednecks, descendents of slaves, genteel retired people, and a colony of artists. The result is a sexy, savagely hilarious tragicomedy of thwarted expectations,... Read Full Overview

A young Japanese seaman jumps ship and washes ashore on a barrier island in this "marvelous and] razor-edged" (Cosmopolitan) novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Tortilla Curtain.

"A hilarious black farce... Read Full Overview