![]() ![]() The book follows college best friends Jack and Wynn on a canoe trip down Canada’s remote Maskwa River. ![]() Heller expertly describes the cragginess of the Canadian geology and the way the boat moves through the water. “There was something satisfying about the cessation of paddling on smooth water,” he writes. “It was like watching a flock of ducks all stop beating at once and sail over a bank of trees on extended wings.” The book is not flawless, but it gets into the tricky balance of safety and risk in the backcountry, especially with a partner and particularly when things take a turn for the worst. And his personal adventure experience is clear in the backcountry minutiae throughout the story.Įvery single fly that’s fished is accounted for. There’s summer sausage and whiskey in the drybag. His latest novel, The River ($26, Knopf), is his most overtly outdoorsy book-it’s about a river trip gone wrong. Not so for Peter Heller, a former Outside contributing editor who launched into fiction with The Dog Starsin 2012. The worst part about outdoor books, especially novels, is that they often screw up the outdoor parts. ![]()
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