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The outcasts

di Stephen Becker

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An American engineer journeys to the tropics to build a bridge and reclaim his manhood in this brilliant tragicomedy written during the height of the Cold War Fleeing two bad marriages and the sneaking suspicion that failure is his destiny, Bernard Morrison boards a flight bound for a freshly liberated country in desperate need of infrastructure. When the plane finally touches down, the pilot has happy news: The airport and the capital are not under attack. So far, so good, thinks Morrison as he heads for the jungle.   The bridge he has been sent to build may be in the middle of nowhere, but the work requires discipline and fortitude--qualities long missing from Morrison's routine--and his interactions with the native laborers and their bosses are refreshingly out of the ordinary. When he discovers a primitive tribe living near the construction site, Morrison revels in their freedom and lack of inhibition. He vows to protect the innocent tribespeople, not realizing that it's too late--the bridge to the future has already been built.   Part farce, part tragedy, The Outcasts is a powerful morality tale in the tradition of Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene.… (altro)
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It is a pitifrul fact that only four members have this book. Steve was called "the last English purist writer " alive and he taught me much while working with him at UCF. I doubt I shall ever use the word "got" unless it is dialogue for a charcter or used as verb for goat breeding. Steve's intelligence shines through his prose and that may be what killed him from goinh (not getting) to the top of the literary ladder. But it is the world's loss, because if you will slow down and take the time to READ, REALLY READ, the work, it will change you, maybe forever. This story has an American engineer coming to a foreign country (never identified, but obsiously one of the guanas where Steve lived forf awhile) to build a bridge. There are two stories (at least) intertwined: that of the pride of bridge-building (and nation-building) and the tgearing apart of the engineer's world view. He finally becomes "natural" or "native" enough tyo get an erection and pefform, then finds out he received syphilis from the encounter. The last few chapters simply rip; his thinking apart, with the help of a native engineer named Phillips, and he goes home a wiser, if not sadder, man. ( )
  andyray | Jul 23, 2010 |
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An American engineer journeys to the tropics to build a bridge and reclaim his manhood in this brilliant tragicomedy written during the height of the Cold War Fleeing two bad marriages and the sneaking suspicion that failure is his destiny, Bernard Morrison boards a flight bound for a freshly liberated country in desperate need of infrastructure. When the plane finally touches down, the pilot has happy news: The airport and the capital are not under attack. So far, so good, thinks Morrison as he heads for the jungle.   The bridge he has been sent to build may be in the middle of nowhere, but the work requires discipline and fortitude--qualities long missing from Morrison's routine--and his interactions with the native laborers and their bosses are refreshingly out of the ordinary. When he discovers a primitive tribe living near the construction site, Morrison revels in their freedom and lack of inhibition. He vows to protect the innocent tribespeople, not realizing that it's too late--the bridge to the future has already been built.   Part farce, part tragedy, The Outcasts is a powerful morality tale in the tradition of Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene.

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