Clearcut

The destinies of three very different people in search of new lives--rough-hewn loner Earley Ritter; Reed Alton, a gifted Berkeley dropout and the hitchhiker Earley picks up; and Zan, the enigmatic woman Reed has been following--intertwine as the unlikely trio forges a fragile alliance that will be shattered by violence, in a novel set against the rugged backdrop of the 1970s Pacific Northwest. Original. 20,000 first printing.