{"product_id":"swamp-water-a-novel-9780820332697","title":"Swamp Water  A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first novel by a young native of south Georgia, \u003cem\u003eSwamp Water\u003c\/em\u003e was an immediate critical and financial success. The setting is the mysterious Okefenokee in southern Georgia, \"\"the Swamp that pulled a man down and never let him go.\"\" Movie versions were made in 1941 (by Jean Renoir) and in 1951.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwamp Water\u003c\/i\u003e is, in a sense, melodrama―a fast, taut, somewhat lurid yarn. . . . Mr. Bell, however, knows his people and his background so thoroughly, writes with so much simplicity and directness and such a complete lack of sensationalism, that his story is lifted above the category of the merely thrilling and picturesque. Swamp Water, in fact, is not only a very good tale but very nearly a brilliant one.\" — \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is the sort of American story Americans take to their bosoms, and with good reason.\" — \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"LUP - University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768184373591,"sku":"9780820332697","price":33.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780820332697.jpg?v=1758716751","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/swamp-water-a-novel-9780820332697","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}