A review by kim_hoag
Mink River by Brian Doyle

5.0

Taking place in Oregon, it is a mixture of Irish and Indian stories; of people with needs; of stories with needs; of a crow that talks and is best friends with a character; of powerful emotions and loves of life. What could be better? So many different stories all swirled together along with stories of the Irish past (the Hunger, in particular) and of a tribe of the First Peoples. It does have a marvelous Under Milk Wood feel to it. I gave this book a blue star as one of the best books I've read. It falls into a category I call quixotic drama, a twilight world that brushes against fantasy but, in the half-light it seems real because our soul says so. Haruki Murikami and Fredrik Backman also fall into this category.