***\*"An exhilarating tale delivered with the pace of a thriller."*** **-Kirkus***\** (Starred Review)****A ***\**BookPage** ***2019 Most Anticipated Book*\***A ***\**LitHub** **\*2019 Most Anticipated Book** From the best-selling author of *The Dog Stars,* the story of two college students on
The river: a novel
β Scribed by Peter Heller
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group; Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 311 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- London
- ISBN
- 1474612091
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β¦ Synopsis
"An exhilarating tale delivered with the pace of a thriller." -Kirkus (Starred Review)
A BookPage 2019 Most Anticipated Book
A LitHub 2019 Most Anticipated Book
From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, the story of two college students on a wilderness canoe tripβa gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, white water, and violence
Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddling and picking blueberries, and nights of stargazing and reading...
β¦ Subjects
FICTION -- Thrillers -- General
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