A review by eiseneisen
Mink River by Brian Doyle

5.0

Mink River is a beautiful, beautiful book. It revolves around a small coastal town in Oregon and the various people who live there. There are some magical elements to the story, and some mystical elements to the story, but's mostly a gorgeous song about life. There are a few passages that are superfluous/eye-roll inducing. But mostly it's a sensitive, lyrical, thoroughly enjoyable celebration of humans being behaving like humans.

Strongly recommended, especially for people who have in the past enjoyed ambitious, magical, romantic stories like those written by Mark Helprin, Salman Rushdie, Jose Saramago, Jim Harrison, etc.