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Description
Shortlisted for the 2009 Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
Set in the Canadian Rockies, Hooker & Brown is an evocative adventure story about one man’s quest to put to rest a historical mystery. While reading a history book of the area, Rumi—a trail crewman in the Rocky Mountain Parks system—learns of two mysterious mountains, and their story is re-entered into the climber’s imagination. Excited by the idea of seeing the mountains and retracing the steps of earlier mountaineers, Rumi begins a pursuit to reach these peaks and to find out if they truly do exist.
Based on a true story from the Rocky Mountains and filled with exhilarating descriptions of one climber’s attempt to tackle some of the world’s greatest peaks, Hooker & Brown explores the effect of mystery and historical inaccuracies in our lives.
Editorial Reviews
This is an enjoyable novel to read, yet at the same time it will provide the reader with opportunities to reflect on his or her own soul and its relation with others and with nature. —La Boîte à Recettes
Like polished stone, Hooker & Brown reveals layers of time, meaning and beauty. —Thomas Wharton, Ice Fields
A highly poetic, intriguing tale of adventure, curiosity, passion, mountain wilderness, myth and mystery. —Rocky Mountain Outlook
A technically highly accomplished mountaineering novel with a clever plot-line and convincing characters. —Boardman Tasker Prize Jury
