Mink River

Loving all things Oregon and Pacific Northwest, I totally enjoyed my latest read, Mink River by Brian Doyle.  This story of an Oregon fishing village is a crazy combination of poetry, mystical realism, stream of consciousness, and good story telling. Doyle loves words and he just piles one on top of the other.

I read really fast, and with this book I forced myself to slow down and just enjoy it. Definitely not a read for someone who wants to get where they are going very fast.  Or for a really bad analogy, this is not a drive in a  new BMW on the autobahn, but rather a slow drive to the coast in a 1959 Rambler. 

I love the characters.  Even Moses, the talking crow, works for me.