Where the Sea Used to Be - by Rick Bass Paperback

About the Book

This first full-length novel by one of our finest fiction writers tells the story of a struggle between a father and his daughter for the souls of two men, Matthew and Wallis--his proteges, her lovers.

Book Synopsis

The first full-length novel by one of our finest fiction writers, Where the Sea Used to Be tells the story of a struggle between a father and his daughter for the souls of two men, Matthew and Wallis-his protégés, her lovers. Old Dudley is a Texan whose religion is oil, and in his fifty years of searching for it in Swan Valley he has destroyed a dozen geologists. Matthew is Dudley's most recent victim, but Wallis begins to uncover the dark mystery of Dudley's life. Each character, the wildlife, and the land itself are rendered with the vivid poetry that is that hallmark of Rick Bass's writing.

Review Quotes

"Bass's fiction takes us to the border of civilization, where we glimpse an untamed world of myth and mystery. A+." Entertainment Weekly