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| Author | Karen Russell |
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| Cover artist | Luther D. Bradley |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Bildungsroman, Magic Realism, Southern Gothic |
| Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | 1 February 2011 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 397 pp |
| ISBN | 0-307-26399-1 |
| LC Class | PS3618.U755 S93 2011 |
Swamplandia! is a 2011 novel by the American writer Karen Russell. The novel is set in the Ten Thousand Islands, off the southwest coast of Florida, it tells the story of the Bigtree family of alligator wrestlers who live in Swamplandia! an alligator-wrestling theme park. Swamplandia! is Russell's first novel. The book originated as a short story, titled "Ava Wrestles the Alligator", published in the Summer 2006 issue of the literary magazine Zoetrope: All-Story, when Russell was 24 years old,[1] and later collected in her 2006 debut collection, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves.
- ^ Donoghue, Emma (3 February 2011). "Infested Waters". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2011.