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Adventurous novel ‘Swamplandia!’ floats on

By Sarah Contreras | November 28, 2011

Thank goodness for the postman and the day he delivered Swamplandia! to my door. Swamplandia!, written by Karen Russell, tells the story of the enigmatic Bigtree family, owners and operators of a down-at-the-heel tourist destination in the Florida Everglades....