Mosquitoes — Print + Ebook

A satirical romp on a yacht full of artists, poets, and pretenders. The novel Faulkner wrote before he became Faulkner.

William Faulkner’s Mosquitoes is a sharp and playful early novel set aboard a yacht departing from New Orleans. Its passengers—writers, critics, artists, and wealthy socialites—reveal their rivalries, pretensions, desires, and insecurities through lively dialogue and biting humor, as Faulkner satirizes the artistic circles of the Jazz Age and the tensions between creativity and ego. It offers an intriguing glimpse into the development of one of America’s greatest literary voices.

• First published in 1927
• William Faulkner’s second novel and an important early work in his literary development
• A witty exploration of art, intellectual vanity, social class, ambition, and human relationships

What’s in this bundle

• Print edition — your choice of Paperback or Hardcover, presenting the complete, unabridged text.
• Ebook — DRM-free EPUB, compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.

About the Author

William Faulkner (1897–1962) was an American novelist, short story writer, and Nobel Prize laureate whose works transformed twentieth-century literature. Best known for his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, he created profound portraits of the American South in masterpieces including The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, and Absalom, Absalom! He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.