Besides the connections to the other Matthiessen works that have already been noted, the novel's investigation of "evil" and its focus on the individual and community response to that evil echo themes explored in At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965). In technique, Matthiessen continues the fragmentation of voices and points of view found in Far Tortuga (1975). Yet.....
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