The Man Who Rowed Lake Pontchartrain and Other Stories

About the Book

Written during a period exile in Louisiana, The Man Who Rowed Lake Pontchartrain charts the course of a man who must make sense of a friend´s death and the unusual hobby of another. Through ten stories and a fable, the reader is taken into an extraordinary world where madness happens, goodness is challenged, and people confront a fate that may not be as it appears. Whether with sadness or humor, paranoia or boldness, the characters all face obstacles which mark the unique boundaries of human understanding, as they strive to live in a world with a complex, opaque design.

About the Author

Merle Harton, Jr. is a Quaker Christian who writes from Florida, Louisiana, and central New York. His experimental fiction has appeared in little press publications such as Back Porch, Paper Dance News, Satire, and 69 Flavors of Paranoia. His shorter nonfiction has appeared in the Business Journal, Orlando Sentinel, Philosophical Quarterly, Tulane Medicine, and elsewhere. He is co-author of the historical study Signor Faranta's Iron Theatre (New Orleans, 1982). His first novel, The Man Who Rowed Lake Pontchartrain, appears in this volume of stories