Border Songs

by Jim Lynch

“Border Songs is a quietly ambitious book and it just gets better as it rises to the final satisfying image.” –Kent Haruf

List Price: $25.95

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Knopf (June 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 030727117X
• ISBN-13: 978-0307271174
  

Book Description

Brandon Vanderkool’s severe dyslexia and six-foot-eight height give him an unusual perspective on his new job with the American Border Patrol, along the Washington/BC border — just a long, grassy ditch, really, barely dividing neighbours who used to be as congenial as those in any small community. Though his curious mind proves surprisingly adept at intercepting Canadian pot smugglers and potentially dangerous illegals, years of security hysteria and cross-border resentment — and a fascinating young Canadian who has turned her green thumb to a more lucrative crop — complicate Brandon’s world in ways even he might not be able to see past.

About the Author

Jim Lynch lives with his wife and their daughter in Olympia, Washington. As a journalist, he has received the H. L. Mencken Award and a Livingston Award for Young Journalists, among other national honors. His first novel, The Highest Tide, won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, appeared on several best seller lists, was adapted for the stage and has been published in eleven foreign markets.