Originally published as 6 short novels, the almost 800 page long Blackwater follows the Caskeys, a family of mill owners, from the 1920s to the 1970s. The story starts with a flood. Perdido and Blackwater, the two rivers that run through the town Perdido, have covered the whole town in murky water, killing people and destroying properties. Oscar Caskey, who works at his family’s mill, and Bray, his servant, are rowing through town, when they find a woman sitting on a bed on the second […]