Thief and whoremaster Ned Rise and explorer Mungo Park join forces in the darkheart of deepest Africa to find the source of the Niger River.Funny bawdy full of ... » 

Thief and whoremaster Ned Rise and explorer Mungo Park join forces in the darkheart of deepest Africa to find the source of the Niger River.Funny bawdy full of T.C. Boyles inimitable flights of imaginative and stylistic fancy Water Music his first novel follows the wild adventures of Ned Rise thief and whoremaster and Mungo Park explore through Londons seamy gutters and Scotlands scenic highlands to their grand meeting in the heart of darkest Africa. There they join forces and wend their hilarious way to the source of the Niger. «