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Mink river : a novel / Brian Doyle.

by Doyle, Brian, 1956 November 6-

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Oregon State University Press, 2010.

City and town life -- Fiction.

Irish Americans -- Fiction.

Coast Salish Indians -- Folklore -- Fiction.

Crime -- Fiction.

Oregon -- Fiction.

9780870715853 (trade pbk.)

319 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

"Daniel Cooney, a 12-year-old who wears his hair in three different-colored braids, has a terrible bike accident in the woods and is rescued by a bear. Daniel's grandfather, Worried Man, is able to sense others' pain even from a distance and goes on a dangerous mountain mission to track down the source of time with his dear friend, Cedar. Other key stories involve a young police officer whose life is threatened, a doctor who smokes one cigarette for each apostle per day, a lusty teenage couple who work at a shingle factory, and a crow who can speak English. The fantastical blends with the natural elements in this original, postmodern, shimmering tapestry of smalltown life that profits from the oral traditions of the town's population of Native Americans and Irish immigrants. Those intrigued by the cultural heritage of the Pacific Northwest will treasure every lyrical sentence."--Publisher's Weekly.

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