Writer MARK RICHARD ("rih-SHAR") of cajun, creole and French descent, has writen his first novel: "Fishboy" (Doubleday), after an award winning collection of short stories: "Ice at the Bottom of the World". "Fishboy" is a novel of a boy's sea journey, "replete with ghosts, sea creatures and violent shipmates". Richard's prose style has been singled out for praise, with one critic hailing the novel as "an eloquent fever dream"
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