Cold Storage #04: Blown By The Same Wind

Cold Storage #04: Blown By The Same Wind
John Straley
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Hardback
h209 x 139mm - 216pg
6 Dec 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781641293815
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Mysterious dreams of grizzly bears, a bumbling FBI agent, and a tense hostage negotiation have the town of Cold Storage, Alaska, turned upside down. Things in the sleepy fishing town of Cold Storage, Alaska, are changing. It' s the summer of 1968; the men are wearing their hair long, the Vietnam War is at its height, and multiple assassinations have gripped the country. But some things remain the same. Ellie' s bar is still the place to catch up on the town gossip, and there' s a lot to talk about, from the boys who have returned from the war (and the ones who haven' t), to the robberies that are plaguing the locals, to the new guy in town- a famous monk from Kentucky. Ellie, herself a fugitive of sorts, is curious about this "Brother Louis," and worries about his motives, but he seems harmless enough. However, when a handful of other outsiders arrive to town and start poking around the bar and asking questions, Ellie begins to have reservations. Have they followed this mysterious monk, rumored to be the famous author Thomas Merton, to Cold Storage? And what is it that they want, particularly the inept FBI agent with the strange name- Boston Corbett? Inspired by assassination conspiracy theories, the life of Thomas Merton, and the changing tide of the ' 60s, Blown by the Same Wind is a coming-of-age story for the town of Cold Storage itself.

Cold Storage #01: Big Both Ways, The
Cold Storage #02: Cold Storage, Alaska - (not currently available)
Cold Storage #03: What Is Time To A Pig?
#04: Blown By The Same Wind

Praise for the Cold Storage Novels "[Straley] writes crime novels populated by perpetrators whose hearts are filled with more poetry than evil. " -The Wall Street Journal "It' s always a pleasure to read Straley' s vivid studies of these folks-the slightly cracked, rugged and very funny characters of the Far North. " -The Seattle Times "What a warm, engaging, profoundly human book this is: its skin crackling, its heart enormous and open. It' s a mystery with judicious blasts of violence and dread, but it opens also onto the bigger mysteries-of community, of family, of place. The several lives that intertwine throughout the story reach moments of quiet grace that resonate stealthily but deeply. " -John Darnielle, author of Devil House "Straley' s prose is achingly perceptive, cinematically vivid and just pure pleasure to read. " -Scott Hawkins, author of The Library at Mount Char "Straley has brought together what are clearly social and political issues he cares deeply about-even as he lampoons them . . . John Straley takes us on a wild ride, but with the reins held firmly in his able hands. " -Anchorage Daily News
John Straley, a criminal investigator for the state of Alaska, lives in Sitka, where he and his wife, a marine biologist, raised their only son. He is the Shamus Award-winning author of The Curious Eat Themselves, The Woman Who Married a Bear, and The Big Both Ways, and was appointed the Writer Laureate of Alaska in 2006.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781641293815
Published: 6 Dec 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Soho Press
Publisher: Soho Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 209mm
Width: 139mm
Pages: 216

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