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William Faulkner's inspiration for his second novel, Mosquitoes (1927), was his involvement in the 1920s New Orleans creative community. Mosquitoes explores the themes of sexuality and the societal role of the artist as it follows a bohemian cast of characters on... Read Full Overview

Mosquitoes, a 1927 novel from celebrated author and Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner, takes place in New Orleans and follows a group of socialites on a yacht trip on Lake Pontchartrain. The characters, including the wealthy art patron Mrs. Maurier and the young artist Peter,... Read Full Overview

Faulkner's second novel is a high-spirited satiric romp set on an ill-fated pleasure cruise out of New Orleans.

A fascinating glimpse of the author as a young artist, Faulkner's sophomore novel, Mosquitoes (1927), introduces us to a colorful band of passengers on a boating excursion from New Orleans. This engaging, high-spirited tale--which Faulkner wrote "for the sake of writing because... Read Full Overview

The hour-by-hour, day-by-day organization of the novel suggests, in form as well as function, the nature of the repetitive and mundane days spent on the cruise ship. By grounding the repetitive activities of the characters in concrete temporal divisions, Faulkner gives structure... Read Full Overview

Mosquitoes is a satiric novel by the American author William Faulkner. The book was first published in 1927 by the New York-based publishing house Boni & Liveright and is the author's second novel. Sources conflict regarding whether Faulkner wrote Mosquitoes during his time... Read Full Overview

Mosquitoes is a satiric novel by the American author William Faulkner. The book was first published in 1927 by the New York-based publishing house Boni & Liveright and is the author's second novel. Sources conflict regarding whether Faulkner wrote Mosquitoes during his time... Read Full Overview

In telling about the remarkable group of people characterized by the title--buzzing nonentities, boring idiots, stinging parasites--Faulkner succeeds in endowing each with the charm of a humming bird, for the highly amused reader if not for the other "mosquitoes" aboard. The... Read Full Overview

A delightful surprise, Faulkner wrote his second novel "for the sake of writing because it was fun."