Gradually we recognize Peter as the center of the novel, larger than life, a gentle force of nature, a guru and shaman as wild and untamable as the mountains he roams in: a great naïf, innocent of his constant disruption of everything around him.Īn incident of apparent poisoning leads to the second and best part of the novel: the trial of Peter Vernon for murder. First the salamander-search, as the scientists look for new species. The novel divides into three distinct parts. If this sounds like an improbable course for a novel, think of the best-selling books that taught us all we know about whales, great white sharks, elevators, velociraptors, viruses, and seagulls Somewhere Upriver joins this popular and illustrious crowd. Peter is a dedicated naturalist who knows everything about salamanders, and soon the reader does, too. Douglas Mortimer is the young scientist narrator who comes of age joining in the improbable adventures of the man who becomes his mentor, Peter Vernon. Somewhere Upriver is a story of the Olympic Mountains of coastal Washington state, of the wildlife and sometimes-wild people who live there. Review of Somewhere Upriver by Patrick Loafman
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