When the Killing's Done: A Novel Paperback - 2012
by Boyle, T.C
- Used
Principally set on the wild and sparsely inhabited Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, Boyle's powerful novel combines pulse-pounding adventure with a socially conscious, richly humane tale about endangered animals and those who protect them.
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Details
- Title When the Killing's Done: A Novel
- Author Boyle, T.C
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, East Rutherford, NJ, U.S.A.
- Date 2012-02-28
- Features Price on Product - Canadian
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4WILKM00CGRL
- ISBN 9780143120391 / 0143120395
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 1 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Businessmen, Suspense fiction
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
T.C. Boyle's most powerful and fully realized work yet-"terrifically exciting and unapologetically relevant" (The Washington Post).
Principally set on the wild Channel Islands off the coast of California, T.C. Boyle's new novel is a gripping adventure with a timely theme. Alma Boyd Takesue is a National Park Service biologist spearheading the efforts to save the islands' native creatures from invasive species. Her antagonist, Dave LaJoy, is a local businessman who is fiercely opposed to the killing of any animals whatsoever and will go to any lengths to subvert her plans. As their confrontation plays out in a series of scenes escalating in violence, drama, and danger, When the Killing's Done relates a richly humane tale about the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world.
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Citations
- New York Times Book Review, 04/08/2012, Page 32