The Nigger of the ''Narcissus''

THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS is the story of a voyage from an Eastern port, but at another level the voyage becomes a symbol and is merely the stage on which Waite, a dying black, plays out the drama of his demise. Waite's death brings out the best and worst in his crewmates...pity and humanity on one hand, selfishness and jealousy on the other.