by Brian Doyle

In Mink River we become immersed in the life of the fictional village of Neawanaka, Oregon. We witness love affairs, mysteries, and brawls; meet a garrulous logger and a silent doctor, an opera-loving policeman and a philosophizing crow. As the critic for Amazon.com put it, “It’s the tale of a town, written in a distinct and lyrical voice, and readers will close the book more than a little sad to leave the village of Neawanaka, on the wet coast of Oregon, beneath the hills that used to boast the biggest trees in the history of the world.”