When the Killing's Done
first edition Hardcover
2011 · New York
by Boyle, T.C.
New York: Viking, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. NEW. 369pp. Octavo [23.5] Hardcover in dustjacket. From the publisher: Principally set on the wild and sparsely inhabited Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, T.C. Boyle's powerful new novel combines pulse-pounding adventure with a socially conscious, richly humane tale regarding the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world. Alma Boyd Takesue is a National Park Service biologist who is spearheading the efforts to save the island's endangered native creatures from (truncated)