Not my favorite Boyle book, but I did enjoy it. As usual, Boyle explores lots of themes - and the environment plays a big part, too. There are three interesting characters in this book and one "real" hero from the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Sten Stenson, the 70 year old ex-Marine, recently retired as a high school principal and on a trip to Costa Rica, murders a man who was robbing their entire tour group. Sten becomes a hero as a result and when he returns home to Mendocino, CA, continues to be recognized as one by the locals. He soon finds his life complicated by the antics of his schizophrenic son Adam, who is delusional and unstable and hooks up with an woman involved in a right wing anarchist group. Adam also believes he is John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition who was a true survivalist.Lots of interesting ideas here, as usual.
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