Last Night in Twisted River
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In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County–to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto–pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them.
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Very good but not exceptional. The best part of this type of book is the relationships and many were included but not fleshed out, though ultimately the bond between the three main characters might make up for it. But where Garp seemed cosmically correct, Last Night can be somewhat contrived.
The content of this book was very very intriguing. It's nothing like John Irving's earlier works (which I love), and is extremely wordy. The book also jumps around quite a bit, so it feels like you are reading the script for a Quentin Taruntino movie. It's a really great, engrossing story, with very accurate, interesting food concepts included. It's just one you really have to be in the mood for. :)
