The Loop

Evans, Nicholas

ISBN 10: 0593040678 / ISBN 13: 9780593040676

Published by Bantam Press, 1998

About this Item

From its breathtaking first chapter to its devasting climax, The Loop is an epic tale of primal passion and redemptive love, exploring man's conflict with nature and the wild within himself. First published in 1998, First Edition. This amazing black coloured hardbackbook, with gilt title impressions, running down the spine, is in really excellent condition. Normal wear and marks apply consistent with age and use. Dust jacket included, not price clipped. All 399 pages intact, all pages and text in really good, clean, readable order. Hardly read, by the look of the book. A brilliant book, superbly written, definitiely a book to treasure and to have in the home library.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Loop
• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593040678
• ISBN 13: 9780593040676
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Review

One-third the length of its unabridged brother, this shortened version of The Loop by Nicholas Evans (The Horse Whisperer) is intended for people on the go. As read by Stephen Lang (Tombstone, A Few Good Men), the story clips right along, satisfied to concentrate on the plot's dramatic high notes. Thanks to Evans's impressive storytelling talents, it remains an interesting listen.

Using the controversial reintroduction of wolves into the American West as its catalyst, Evans pits a powerful Montana rancher against a struggling wolf pack, the wildlife agents mandated to protect the animals and, ultimately, recalcitrant members of his own family. "Luke could taste blood starting, salty and metallic, inside his mouth. He stared at his father, who stood glaring at him, his massive chest heaving and his neck flushed with anger."

Evans has loaded the characters with haunting secrets and hidden agendas, creating a deeply textured story of compelling plot lines that form a circle of love, hate, trust, and suspicion. The use of music to elevate the already heightened drama is perhaps overdone, but Lang's narration is quite good, keeping pace with a story that moves. (Running time: 5.5 hours, four cassettes) --George Laney