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

[Lisa Angle]

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Jr. Petrich 
  To: Lisa IPCO ; david chub ; channel_islands_ naturalist_corps 
  Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 9:32 PM
  Subject: Re: [CINC] New T.C. Boyle novel about Channel Islands


  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
  > 
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org
  > [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of
  > David Chubb
  > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 2:07 PM
  > To: Rain List
  > 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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