[CINC] New T.C. Boyle novel about Channel Islands

[Lisa Anderson]

FYI
TC Boyle has been out with Island Packers numerous times as a guest at the
Ranch. Island Packers will be carrying the book.
Please note that the Park Service, TNC, and Marla Daly from Santa Cruz
island Foundation have all gave the book their blessing. For those of you
that have been around for a while, rat irradication, pig irradication and
all the other "issues" we dealt with will most likely come around again.
I would suggest reading up on past procedures regarding these issues.

Lisa Anderson

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David Chubb
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 2:07 PM
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Subject: [CINC] New T.C. Boyle novel about Channel Islands

I just saw a book review in the New York Times (Feb 18, 2011) about T.C. 
Boyle's new novel, "When the Killing's Done." We are all well-versed in 
the backdrop of the novel, which is the CINP actions taken in recent 
years to preserve native species on the islands. Boyle explores the 
controversy over those actions.

 From the NY Times: "When the Killing's Done" is a forthright 
examination of that desire, in which the remodelers of earthly creation 
have to measure the worth of a healthy ecosystem against the lives of 
damaging invaders. The dilemma is so rarely discussed that animal lovers 
and environmentalists are routinely lumped into the same political camp. 
One of the novel's many merits is its well-informed framing of the moral 
difference between them.

 From reading two of Boyle's novels, "Riven Rock," based in Montecito, 
and "Tortilla Curtain," which takes place in the Topanga Canyon, I 
anticipate the book will have some bizarre characters and events but, in 
the end, I hope, will do a great service in spreading awareness of the 
Channel Islands and what the park service has accomplished. The 
publication date is February 22nd.

Link to review:
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/books/review/Kingsolver-t.html?pagewanted
=2&_r=1&nl=books&emc=booksupdateema3

David Chubb
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