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Book SynopsisA critically acclaimed debut novel first published in 1980, Aransas recounts a young man's attempt to find his place in the world as he navigates the moral dilemma of training an exquisitely conscious being to perform in a seaside dolphin circus.
Trade ReviewA resonant first novel. Beneath its genial surface, allusive undercurrents tug. * New York Times Book Review *
The sureness and poise of this first novel are as remarkable as the sharpness, oddity, and clarity of its feelings . . .
Aransas is an elegant debut. * Newsweek *
Harrigan’s eye for locale and its effect is superb. * Washington Post Book World *
Harrigan . . . has a sharp eye for observing man, beast, seashore, and town in a vividly drawn setting. * Publishers Weekly *
An ardent and elegant book, beautiful in its language, mature in its perceptions, noble in its sentiments. * San Francisco Chronicle *
A sensitive, enormously evocative first novel in a spare but warm prose style that immerses us in atmosphere as insistently as it does the plot . . . Harrigan is a splendid novelist. * Houston Post *
Aransas has several surprises, including dramatic suspense, counterculture revisionism, and what must be considered dolphin revisionism. More, Harrigan has written an acute American regional novel. * Village Voice *
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