Swamplandia is a story of real sadness as we watch the "death" of an alligator-themed amusement park and the effect this has on the family who runs it. I really knew very little about the book when I started reading it, other than it had been recommended by magazines and other readers online. It is well worth the read, but you need to know that it is heart-breaking to read what happens to this family. To me, there is nothing sadder than a lost adult male...that creature who tries to do the right thing, but always fails.
I won't tell you much else because I think it's better that way. I sometimes like picking up a book and reading it without knowing a darn thing about the plot. I will say that this novel of family failure has love at the center, unlike The Corrections or some of those other "I hate my family because they created me to be so sad...or because they are so stupid and backwoods..." books that seem to be popular. I love my family and hate reading a novel where all families are assumed to be dysfunctional in a hateful way.
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