Lost

by James R. Kincaid

LOST traces the reckless expedition undertaken by two adult couples, imagining they are refreshing themselves and their marriages with a bracing adventure in mountain camping. They cart along their four kids, just to share the fun. Conditions, both outside and inside these adults, force on them sacrifices they were never prepared to make, sacrifices that reach beyond their own lives and into those of their children and, very likely, all of us.

206 pages, Paperback

First published July 27, 2012

About the author

James R. Kincaid is an English Professor masquerading as an author (or the other way around). He’s published two novels (Lost and A History of the African-American People by Strom Thurmond — with Percival Everett). He is also the author of a couple dozen short stories, and ever so many nonfiction articles, reviews, and books, including long studies of Dickens, Trollope, and Tennyson, along with two books on Victorian and modern eroticizing of children: Child-Loving and Erotic Innocence. Kincaid has taught at Ohio State, Colorado, Berkeley, USC, and is now at Pitt.

Reviews

[Tracy Kincaid · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will never be able to camp, hike, or go on vacation again without letting everyone I know and some of where I will be at all times. This is a great scary story.

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny and disturbing, tragic and thought-provoking.