âFull of the kind of swift and lusty writing that comes from a healthy, fresh pen.ââLillian Hellman, New York Herald Tribune A fascinating glimpse of the author as a young artist, Faulknerâs sophomore novel, Mosquitoes (1927), introduces us to a colorful band of passengers on a boating excursion from New Orleans. This engaging, high-spirited taleâwhich Faulkner wrote âfor the sake of writing because it was funââprovides a delightful accompaniment to his canonical works.