{"product_id":"ghost-trout-9780912887890","title":"Ghost Trout","description":"\u003cp\u003eGHOST TROUT is a series of narratives and essays that chronicle the search for the rare Humboldt cutthroat trout, and rivers and streams and their relationship to people and birds and dogs and the human condition. Pieces of the past are mingled with lives and deaths and a long-ago memory of a dance performed by the daughter of the California poet, Joaquin Miller. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's an extraordinary piece of writing. I know nothing about fly fishing. Many of the landscapes are unfamiliar to me (though a few I recognize). Yet I found myself deeply immersed and captivated and moved. The beauty of the language, its restraint, the deep and plainspoken thought--it's almost like a book length poem, or a kind of koan. The people spring to life in startlingly few words. The image of your dying neighbor and his single light bulb stubbornly burning will stay with me forever. I'm so glad [Hill] wrote it and so glad that I read it. I hope it finds its way into people's hands, because it deserves to be read.\"\u003cem\u003e -\u003c\/em\u003eJesse Kellerman, novelist and playwright of \u003cem\u003eSunstroke, Trouble, The Genius, The Executor, Potboiler, \u003c\/em\u003eand with his father, \u003cem\u003eJonathan Kellerman, The Golem of Hollywood.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ghost Trout is a wonderful book. It is poetic, but better than that the book is honest and the voice is trustworthy.\" -Louis Phillips, School of Visual Arts, New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What a splendid book! I read it slowly, a little bit each night before I went to sleep. I think my dreams were the better for it.\" -Dick Doores, general contractor in Marin County\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHill, Russell:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Russell Hill is a three-time nominee for the Edgar Allen Poe prize. His books, \u003cem\u003eLucy Boomer\u003c\/em\u003e and THE LORD GOD BIRD have been optioned for film, and his work has been translated into French, German and Polish. His latest books include THE EGRET (Pleasure Boat Studio, 2018) and GHOST TROUT (Pleasure Boat Studio, 2019). He lives in the San Francisco Bay area, is married, and has three grown children. He is an avid fly fisher and his book, \u003cem\u003eThe Search for Sheepheaven Trout\u003c\/em\u003e has become a cult classic among fly fishers. Other books by Russell Hill include \u003cem\u003eLetters from the Mines\u003c\/em\u003e (poetry), \u003cem\u003eThe Heeler\u003c\/em\u003e (short stories), \u003cem\u003eThe Edge of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e (a novel originally titled \u003cem\u003eCold Creek Cash Store\u003c\/em\u003e), THE DOG SOX (a novel), DEADLY NEGATIVES (a novel), and TOM HALL AND THE CAPTAIN OF ALL THESE MEN OF DEATH (a novel).","brand":"Pleasure Boat Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50368696025362,"sku":"9780912887890","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_720df05e-2417-4b55-b564-eddc8fd54010.jpg?v=1728511938","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ghost-trout-9780912887890","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}