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Over at Maine Crime Writers today I have a post about one of the most macabre books I have read in years. Gordon Grice's The Book of Deadly Animals is a bestiary of every large (meaning: bigger than a microbe) creature ever known to predate on human beings. It's full of amazing factoids like this one:
The most formidable large predator in the world is the orca, or killer whale, which has been kn... read more »
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The Poacher's Son
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Trespasser
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Bad Little Falls: A Novel
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“You never really know someone until your relationship with them is over.”
― Paul Doiron, Trespasser
― Paul Doiron, Trespasser
“People disappoint you so often. I hardly knew how to react when they surpassed all your hopes.”
― Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son
― Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son
“Nature will forgive humankind just about anything, and what it won’t forgive I hope never to witness.”
― Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son
― Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son
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“People disappoint you so often. I hardly knew how to react when they surpassed all your hopes.”
― Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son
― Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son
“You never really know someone until your relationship with them is over.”
― Paul Doiron, Trespasser
― Paul Doiron, Trespasser
“Nature will forgive humankind just about anything, and what it won’t forgive I hope never to witness.”
― Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son
― Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son
