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Black Water (novella)
Overview
Kelly Kelleher, a twenty-six-year-old magazine writer, meets a United States Senator
on whom she wrote her thesis at a Fourth of July party. "The Senator," as he is referred to in the novel (and transparently an analogue for Ted Kennedy
at Chappaquiddick), plans to take her to his hotel for a romantic rendezvous, but a car accident plunges them into a swampy marsh. The story is primarily told in prolepsis
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The book begins with Kelly Kelleher in a car that is plunging into mucky, swampy, "black water." We learn the events that led up to the accident in flashbacks as she is drowning: Kelly Kelleher attends a Fourth of July party hosted by her friend Buffy St.
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
on whom she wrote her thesis at a Fourth of July party. "The Senator," as he is referred to in the novel (and transparently an analogue for Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history...
at Chappaquiddick), plans to take her to his hotel for a romantic rendezvous, but a car accident plunges them into a swampy marsh. The story is primarily told in prolepsis
Prolepsis
Prolepsis may refer to:* Flashforward, in storytelling, an interjected scene that takes the narrative forward* Prolepsis , 1975 work by Arrogance...
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The book begins with Kelly Kelleher in a car that is plunging into mucky, swampy, "black water." We learn the events that led up to the accident in flashbacks as she is drowning: Kelly Kelleher attends a Fourth of July party hosted by her friend Buffy St.
