Avalanche

If you have not read Patrick F. McManus stories in Outdoor Life or his many collections, please do. The world is so much easier to take when you can relate your worst moments to one of the many adventures he describes. This book is written in the truly superb style that only McManus has. What can any review add to the writings of Patrick F. McManus? Why would anyone need convincing that they should own the entire Patrick F. McManus library!?! Try it...you'll laugh your posterior off!

What a great second book! Pat McManus has created some great charictors and I can hardly wait for the next one!!

Tough Old bo Tully is back, this time with a crime that should not have been able to happen, and another that isn't what it seems. Cantankerous Pap and "Indian" Pinto Jack help out by getting in the way as much as possible. Tully still sees no reason to read a man his rights if he can give him HIS right (to the jaw). Snooping sans search warrent is also no trouble. The crime will be solved, in the end, and Tully may have a friend he doesn't know as of yet... Quoth the Raven...

For those of us who read McManus's non-fiction and miss Retch, Crazy Eddie, The Troll, Rancid and Strange, we can now console ourselves with Sheriff Bo Tully, Dave the fake Indian (faking it to build a casino), Pap, Lurch and Clarence in his new mystery series. AVALANCHE, the second book in the series, has the trademark McManus deadpan humor, outdoor misadventure (tent camping in Idaho in November), singular characters, deceptively excellent writing and a darn good whodunnit, too. So get on down to Grogan's War Surplus for a few supplies and trek up to Blight County for a grand time.

We became a McManus fan back when we discovered his columns in Outdoor Life and in Field & Stream. Being avid backpackers and canoeist, we started taking his stories to read in the evening around the campfire on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway and the Appalachtian Trail. Avalanche is another wonderfully humorous tale in his new, Sheriff Bo Tully series. By now, we look forward to meeting again his great cast of characters Tully, Pap and Tracker Dave. Patrick's 15 or so books are rich in good outdoor in humor. I recommend this new book highly.