{"product_id":"when-the-killings-done-by-t-coraghessan-boyle","title":"When the Killing's Done by T. Coraghessan Boyle","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781408814185\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBloomsbury Publishing PLC, January 2011\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e369 pages, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBESTSELLER • In this “terrifically exciting and unapologetically relevant” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003enovel from the award–winning author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, two activists clash in their attempts to preserve the environment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“A smart and rollicking novel, with suspense and shipwrecks galore . . . Character, science, and history co-evolve marvelously here in a tale of fanaticism gone literally overboard.”—Barbara Kingsolver, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAlma Boyd Takesue is a National Park Service biologist who is spearheading the efforts to save the endangered native creatures of California’s Channel Islands from invasive species such as rats and feral pigs. Her antagonist, Dave LaJoy, is a local businessman who is fiercely opposed to the killing of any animals and will go to any lengths to subvert Alma’s plans. As their confrontation plays out in a series of scenes escalating in violence, drama, and danger, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhen the Killing’s Done \u003c\/span\u003edeftly relates a richly humane tale about the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47515723956386,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/7112upYZxwL._SY342.jpg?v=1786610873","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/when-the-killings-done-by-t-coraghessan-boyle","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}