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Sunny Deauville's duties as proprietor of the best brothel in Alaska and her lusty, guilt-free life are counterbalanced by her obsession with finding her father, lost years before in the backcountry wilds
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CHILDHOOD. THE NOVEL CUTS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SUNNY'S LIFE IN GEMELANDS AND THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE JAKE ON THE FRONTIER OF ALASKA. THE PANORAMA AFFORDS HAWKES HIS MARVELOUS HOST OF CHARACTERS; SISSY, UNCLE JAKE'S GENTEEL WIFE WHO SURREPTITIOUSLY TAKES TO HIGHBALLS; FRANK MORLEY, JAKE'S GRIZZLED SIDEKICK; SITKA CHARLEY, AN ADOPTED INDIAN WHO GROWS UP TO BE SUNNY'S LOVER; AND A VAST CREW OF ADVENTURERS, BUSH-PILOTS, PROSTITUTES, KNOCK- ABOUTS AND OTHER COLORFUL CHARACTERS. IT ALSO AFFORDS HAWKES SOME OF THE LIVELIEST PROSE OF THE DECADE, FROM BEAR HUNTS TO AIRPLANE CRASHES TO BOAT RIDES THROUGH THE ICE FLOES OF ALASKA TO BAWDY SEDUCTION SCENES IN THE SCENTED BUDOIRS OF GAMELANDS. 'ADVENTURES IN THE ALASKAN SKIN TRADE' IS POWERFUL, HUMOROUS, HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL. IT IS A PREMIER PERFORMANCE BY ONE OF OUR SUTSTANDING WRITERS, AND IS CERTAINLY TO BE GREETED AS A MAJOR WORK OF FICTION.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0701130407
- ISBN 13 9780701130404
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