| Border Songs Contributor(s): Lynch, Jim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307456269 ISBN-13: 9780307456267 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Small Town & Rural - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.36" W x 7.98" (0.52 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Set in the previously sleepy hinterlands straddling Washington state and British Columbia, Border Songs is the story of Brandon Vanderkool, six foot eight, frequently tongue-tied, severely dyslexic, and romantically inept. Passionate about bird-watching, Brandon has a hard time mustering enthusiasm for his new job as a Border Patrol agent guarding thirty miles of largely invisible boundary. But to everyone's surprise, he excels at catching illegal immigrants, and as drug runners, politicians, surveillance cameras, and a potential sweetheart flock to this scrap of land, Brandon is suddenly at the center of something much bigger than himself. A magnificent novel of birding, smuggling, farming and extraordinary love, Border Songs welcomes us to a changing community populated with some of the most memorable characters in recent fiction. |