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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100143120395

ISBN-139780143120391

eBay Product ID (ePID)109059542

Product Key Features

Book TitleWhen the Killing's Done : a Novel

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFamily Life, Thrillers / Suspense, Literary, Historical

Publication Year2012

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorT.C. Boyle

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight11.6 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this "terrifically exciting and unapologetically relevant" ( The Washington Post ) novel from the award-winning author of The Tortilla Curtain , two activists clash in their attempts to preserve the environment. "A smart and rollicking novel, with suspense and shipwrecks galore . . . Character, science, and history co-evolve marvelously here in a tale of fanaticism gone literally overboard."--Barbara Kingsolver, The New York Times Book Review Alma Boyd Takesue is a National Park Service biologist who is spearheading the efforts to save the endangered native creatures of California's Channel Islands from invasive species such as rats and feral pigs. Her antagonist, Dave LaJoy, is a local businessman who is fiercely opposed to the killing of any animals and will go to any lengths to subvert Alma's plans. As their confrontation plays out in a series of scenes escalating in violence, drama, and danger, When the Killing's Done deftly relates a richly humane tale about the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world., NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this "terrifically exciting and unapologetically relevant" ( The Washington Post ) novel from the award-winning author of The Tortilla Curtain , two activists clash in their attempts to preserve the environment. "A smart and rollicking novel, with suspense and shipwrecks galore . . . Character, science, and history co-evolve marvelously here in a tale of fanaticism gone literally overboard."--Barbara Kingsolver, The New York Times Book Review Alma Boyd Takesue is a National Park Service biologist who is spearheading the efforts to save the endangered native creatures of California's Channel Islands from invasive species such as rats and feral pigs. Her antagonist, Dave LaJoy, is a local businessman who is fiercely opposed to the killing of any animals and will go to any lengths to subvert Alma's plans. As their confrontation plays out in a series of scenes escalating in violence, drama, and danger, When the Killing's Done deftly relates a richly humane tale about the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world., 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.