Dane Huckelbridge
Author of No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Animal in History
About the Author
Dane Huckelbridge hails from the American Middle West and studied history at Princeton University, His writing has appeared in Tin House, The New Republic, and New Delta Review; he is at work on a new book tracing the history of beer in America.
Works by Dane Huckelbridge
No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Animal in History (2019) 179 copies, 14 reviews
The United States of Beer: A Freewheeling History of the All-American Drink (2016) 38 copies, 1 review
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- 5
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- Rating
- 3.8
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- ISBNs
- 30
First and foremost, this is a story of survival. Barry, a former Wall Street finance guy with dreams of being an artist, and Sophie, a newly married French architect, wind up stranded together on a very tiny island in the South Pacific, offering nothing much but a reprieve from the tumult of an angry sea and a bunch of banana trees. While there’s quite a bit of adventure embedded in the plot, it’s also so much more than a survival story. In the beginning, for example, between these omniscient-narrator, documentary-style scenes of Barry and Sophie setting up survival camp, there are these little tendrils of information, these offshoot stories, a play on six-degrees of separation that are all interconnected to this small Polynesian island where these two have been plotted. I really enjoyed this style even though it tapered off once the marooned couple’s time on the island became the focus in contrast to the the hows and whys of their arrival.
I think this would be a good summer book club pick—or one to buddy-read because I keep wanting to talk about this story, especially the ending. So if you’re into lit fic AND survival stories, grab this book and prepare to experience so much more than the thrill of adventure. Just like the intense situation Barry and Sophie navigate, the emotions we experience right along with them are just as extreme.… (more)