{"id":47950,"date":"2018-08-15T19:21:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T01:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=47950"},"modified":"2018-08-15T19:21:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T01:21:26","slug":"james-mclaughlin-signs-his-book-%e2%80%8bbearskin-at-off-square-books-in-oxford-mississippi-on-monday-august-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/james-mclaughlin-signs-his-book-%e2%80%8bbearskin-at-off-square-books-in-oxford-mississippi-on-monday-august-20\/","title":{"rendered":"James McLaughlin Signs His Book “\u200bBearskin” at Off Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi on Monday, August 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rice Moore is just beginning to think his troubles are behind him.\u00a0<\/span>He\u2019s found a job protecting a remote forest preserve in Virginian\u00a0<\/span>Appalachia where his main\u00a0 responsibilities include tracking\u00a0<\/span>wildlife and refurbishing cabins. It\u2019s hard work, and totally\u00a0<\/span>solitary\u2014perfect to hide away from the Mexican drug cartels he betrayed back in Arizona. But\u00a0<\/span>when Rice finds the carcass of a bear killed on the grounds, the quiet solitude he\u2019s so desperately\u00a0<\/span>sought is suddenly at risk.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

More bears are killed on the preserve and Rice\u2019s obsession with catching the poachers escalates,\u00a0<\/span>leading to hostile altercations with the locals and attention from both the law and Rice\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>employers. Partnering with his predecessor, a scientist who hopes to continue her research on the\u00a0<\/span>preserve, Rice puts into motion a plan that could expose the poachers but risks revealing his own\u00a0<\/span>whereabouts to the dangerous people he was running from in the first place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

James McLaughlin<\/strong> expertly brings the beauty and danger of Appalachia to life. The result is an\u00a0<\/span>elemental, slow burn of a novel\u2014one that will haunt you long after you turn the final page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBearskin is visceral, raw, and compelling\u2014filled with sights, smells, and sounds truly observed.\u00a0<\/span>It\u2019s a powerful debut and an absolute showcase of exceptional prose. There are very few first\u00a0<\/span>novels when I feel compelled to circle brilliant passages, but James McLaughlin\u2019s writing had\u00a0<\/span>me doing just that.\u201d \u2014 C.J. Box<\/strong>, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Disappeared\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>James A. McLaughlin is a native of Virginia who lives in the Wasatch Range east of Salt Lake\u00a0<\/span>City, Utah. He holds law and MFA degrees from the University of Virginia. His essays and\u00a0<\/span>fiction have appeared in River Teeth, Camas, Portland Review, Clackamas Literary Review, and\u00a0<\/span>elsewhere. His essay \u201c\u00a1No Pasaran! Rage and ORVs\u201d was chosen as a Notable Essay of 2003 in\u00a0<\/span>The Best American Essays, 2004. His novella \u201cBearskin\u201d appeared Summer 2008 in The\u00a0<\/span>Missouri Review and won the 2009 William Peden Prize in fiction. He\u2019s currently working on\u00a0<\/span>two novels related to Bearskin and set in Virginia and the American Southwest. Photographic\u00a0<\/span>interests include wildlife, landscape, and human ecology, and his photographs have appeared in\u00a0<\/span>numerous publications including Virginia Wildlife, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and The\u00a0<\/span>Missouri Review.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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