Richard G. (ralegh) - , reviewed on 11/26/2018 + 127 more book reviews

Another classic Ivan Doig novel. A tale about a turning point year in a young man living in Montana just before World War II. His family seems on the point of breaking up and he finds himself as a 15-year-old assigned to keep an aging alcoholic out of trouble. The book concludes with a forest fire that changes the protagonist's perspective on most of the people close to him. Doig's writing is simple, straightforward, yet frequently soars into transcendence. In my opinion, one of the most beautiful writers of the twentieth century.

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