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

[Paul Jr. Petrich]

Sunday L A Times Book Review, TC Boyle's "When the Killing's Done" is reviewed by Richard Rayner in today's Arts & Books section of the LA Times.  Paul

> From: landerson at islandpackers.com
> To: davidchubb at cox.net; channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org
> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:29:26 -0800
> Subject: Re: [CINC] New T.C. Boyle novel about Channel Islands
> 
> 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
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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
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> 
> David Chubb
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