Description
In the quiet borderlands between Washington State and British Columbia, Brandon Vanderkool—a towering, tongue-tied young man with severe dyslexia and an extraordinary gift for observing the natural world—struggles to find his place. Pushed toward a career with the Border Patrol, he becomes an unlikely agent of discovery as smugglers, politicians, surveillance technology, and a possible romance converge along the largely unseen boundary. Blending wry humor with compassion, the novel explores identity, belonging, family expectations, immigration, and the uneasy collision between human lives and the landscapes they inhabit.
Available Editions
paperback
Alfred A. Knopf
Published Jan 1, 2009
291 pages
ISBN: 9780307271174
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Details
First Published
2009
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Border Songs by Jim Lynch.