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The Catch: A Novel

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A well written book. The author does a very good job of relating the turmoil and confusion most of us face in our lives every day. The only thing that detracted from the book for me was the focus. With the wife of the smuggler as the protagonist, you end up seeing the seeing the smuggler as a victim. The view that an otherwise law abiding person whose only fault is that he smuggles relatively benign illicit substances by the TON, is still a good person flabbergasts me. Yet every day I meet people who would be completely won over by this argument. I understand real life is not black and white, but I seldom read for a representation of real life ;)

Annie is married to a big-time marijuana smuggler, Kurt. A former drug user herself, they now have two small children and have etched out a life for themselves in upstate New York. She wants him to quit the business, but he is addicted to the adventure. This is big-time stuff, 10 tons or more, and the risks are high. The law is after him and the penalty is life imprisonment without parole. The plot moved swiftly and caught me up in the drama of their lives.

If I have any criticism, it is that there are a few too many loving family scenes, but perhaps this was necessary given the nature of the situation. After all, this book actually humanizes drug dealers.