The ReiversFaulkner's final novel is a tale of three Mississippi travellers. Ned, Boon and young Lucius travel to Memphis in a stolen car to find love and fortune. Once there, Ned trades in the car for a racehorse, Lucius comes of age, and Boon sets about trying to win the heart of a prostitute named 'Miss Corrie'.

one of the founders of the Wrens

All pieces of an epic puzzle

peace now gnaws at their loyalties

and it ends on a note of guarded optimism

Once a promising musician

and buoyed only by their friendship and ambitionas they move to New York in search of fame and fortune

and without comparison

the destinies of these magical children unfold

But Lester Ferris has made a friend: a brilliant

whose eyes a man could drown in

Reunited for the summer

As Garland slowly nurses him back to health