Jim Lynch Bücher

In einer Mondscheinnacht verlässt der 13-jährige Miles das Haus, nimmt seinen Kajak und schippert in den Puget Sound an der Pazifikküste. Was als harmlose Erkundung von Schnecken, Krebsen, Quallen und Seeigeln beginnt, führt plötzlich zu einer unerwarteten Begegnung - mit einem Riesenkalmar. Die Sensation ist groß, Miles gibt Fernsehinterviews, aber selbst das Interesse der Medien lässt ihn nicht seine Probleme vergessen: Seine Eltern wollen sich trennen; seine beste Freundin, eine ältere Frau aus der Nachbarschaft, ist unheilbar krank; und seine heimliche Liebe Angie hat Drogenprobleme. Eines Tages wird eine Jahrhundertflut vorausgesagt, die wenig später Wirklichkeit wird.

One unforgettable night, thirteen-year-old Miles goes to the flats near his home in search of shellfish, only to discover something startling and remarkable: a giant squid. Instantly he becomes a local celebrity and is pursued by TV crews urging him to explain the phenomenon. His psychic friend Florence predicts that even more astonishing discoveries will precede the highest tide in fifty years. Yet Miles worries more about matters closer to home: will his passion for his ex-babysitter Angie go unrequited? Will his arguing parents divorce? Is everything, even the bay, shifting from him?

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.Border Songs is that rare delight: a gently satirical portrait, an extraordinary love story and a celebration of the coincidental and the miraculous.From the Hardcover edition.

How did the universe and life begin and what are the threats to people and the environment in a pandemic? This book is for anybody with interest in protecting life on the planet. A major focus is the spread of microbes, Lynch showing how failure to control disease can lead to the collapse of any biotic population.