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Bezig met laden... Cold Storage, Alaskadoor John Straley
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I really enjoyed this book about a small town in Alaska. It felt very similar to the tv show, Northern Exposure. ( ) 10/21/15 That wasn't very long between re-reads but I bought it by accident so I had to read it. I liked it better this time. There are still implausible corners and I still enjoyed it. 4/22/14 The first half is stronger than the last half. I had a good time in the rainy coastal Alaskan village and am fervently glad I don't need to try dating there. Not sure if I buy Jake's turnaround or Clive's return. I guess I need to read The Big Both Ways. The Cecil Younger books are more melancholy and beautiful. Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne. 3.5 stars, and recommended. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/765920887?book_show_action=false&from_... Straley loves Alaska's waters, mountains, birds, bears, and trees and writes as though he in worship of them. His people are not as perfect as his eagles, especially in the way-outback, fly-in villages, so the characters are all on the edge of humanity, fighting capital-"P" Progress by drinking, carousing, taking saunas, fishing, and fighting. The author says he wanted to make a screwball comedy. The book is screwball, but the comedy is mixed with a compassion that makes the characters warm, even the would-be killers. The book does not march through a plot, but dallies with cinema-loving drug dealers, returning veterans--both of war and prison, the nicest guy in the world running a clinic, and a musical wannabe worshiper of the Dali Lama. An interesting read, wacky, and slightly grey--not close to noir. You can chew through it slowly--it's no page turner. Funny, charming, sad, sweet; both the story and the characters. I loved getting to know the people (rather eccentric in many cases) in this unusual little town on the Alaskan coast...and their collision with minor criminals. I would especially recommend this to anyone who enjoys a bit of magical realism and evolving characters. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"Cold Storage, Alaska, is a remote fishing outpost where salmonberries sparkle in the morning frost and where you just might catch a King Salmon if you're zen enough to wait for it. Settled in 1935 by Norse fishermen who liked to skinny dip in its natural hot springs, the town enjoyed prosperity in the mid-20th Century, at the height of the frozen fish boom. But now the cold storage plant is all but abandoned and the population is shrinking every day. Clive "The Milkman" McCahon returns to his tiny Alaska hometown after a 7-year jail stint for dealing coke. He has a lot to make up to his younger brother, Miles, who has dutifully been taking care of their ailing mother--and, really, all of Cold Storage--Miles is a Physician's Assistant and the closest thing to a doctor this side of Sitka. But Clive doesn't realize the trouble he's bringing home. He's reformed now, and his dream is to open a bar-slash-church (a Cold Storage ordinance requires there to be as many churches in town as there are bars). Clive's vengeful old business partner is hot on his heels, a stick-in-the-mud State Trooper is dying to bust Clive for narcotics, and, to complicate everything, Clive might be going insane--lately, he's been hearing animals talking to him. Will his arrival in Cold Storage be a breath of fresh air for the sleepy, depopulated town? Or will Clive's arrival turn the whole place upside-down?"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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