PORT MUNGO BY PATRICK MCGRATH KNOPF, 241 PP., $24

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: June 27, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Jack Rathbone is an artist. Fierce, driven, narcissistic, he meets his match in Vera Savage, another artist loud, fearless, adventurous. Their story, told by Jack's devoted, stiff, and snobbish sister, Gin, slowly and relentlessly reveals hidden layers of horror. And the revelations, once brought to light, seem not simply logical but inevitable.

Jack and Vera meet in London, marry, and move briefly to New York, then land in Port Mungo, a filthy swamp of a town in Honduras, where Jack can paint in peace. While Jack works, Vera neglects her art, concentrating instead on drink, sex, resentment, ...

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