num_pages: 224
description: Nordan's fiction invents its own world, a world populated by madly heroic misfits. In MUSIC OF THE SWAMP, he focuses his magic and imagination on a single theme--a boy's utterly helpless love for his utterly hopeless father.
language: English
title: Music of the Swamp
titlecomplete: Music of the Swamp (Front Porch Paperbacks)
genres: Fiction, Southern Gothic, Magical Realism, Contemporary, Southern, Coming Of Age, American, Literature, Short Stories, Novels
ratings_count: 633
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Algonquin Books