The Heaven of Mercury A Novel [Paperback]

A fast-paced, myth-echoing, tragic-comic commentary on our modern lives.[Watson's] work may remind readers of William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, or Flanner O'Connor, but has a powerand a charmall its own.[A]n unforgettable story&The accidents, the disappointments, the corrections, and the secrets each life contains are woven into a deeply sympathetic portrait of small town life at its worst and best.Watson imbues his work with an elegance that sets it apart from the rest.Gimcrack storytelling...grounded by generous humanity.[A] lushly written novel of Deep Southern dream and landscape.[A] superb novel, graced with lush and exciting prose in the Southern high rhetorical tradition.A vivid mythology of a small Southern town that moves to a strange, electrifying beat.Vividly peopled, full of surprises,Sort of a calm wail. Each page a deep pleasure.The best thing to come out of the South sinceA National Book Award Finalist