{"product_id":"mink-river","title":"Mink River","description":"Like Dylan Thomas' \"Under Milk Wood\" and Sherwood Anderson's \"Winesburg, Ohio, \" Brian Doyle's stunning fiction debut brings a town to life through the jumbled lives and braided stories of its people.\nIn a small fictional town on the Oregon coast there are love affairs and almost-love-affairs, mystery and hilarity, bears and tears, brawls and boats, a garrulous logger and a silent doctor, rain and pain, Irish immigrants and Salish stories, mud and laughter. There's a Department of Public Works that gives haircuts and counts insects, a policeman addicted to Puccini, a philosophizing crow, beer and berries. An expedition is mounted, a crime committed, and there's an unbelievably huge picnic on the football field. Babies are born. A car is cut in half with a saw. A river confesses what it's thinking. . .\nIt's the tale of a town, written in a distinct and lyrical voice, and readers will close the book more than a little sad to leave the village of Neawanaka, on the wet coast of Oregon, beneath the hills that used to boast the biggest trees in the history of the world.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0870715852\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0870715852.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Doyle, Brian\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43314565447741,"sku":"BVV.0870715852.G","price":7.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0870715852-0.jpg?v=1782939659","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/mink-river","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}