![]() And similar to Northern Exposure, the town is populated by eccentric characters, including a guy who wants to kayak to Washington to see the Dalai Lama and raise money to free Tibet a successful native American jewelry maker who lives in Cold Storage to “study white people” for a book he’s writing and Weasel, who has quite a green thumb when it comes to growing marijuana.Ĭlive quickly carves out his place in the town, but trouble follows him. It reminded me of the little town in the TV series Northern Exposure. The small town was once thriving due to the frozen fish industry but has fallen on hard times. ![]() Miles is an Army veteran and runs the town clinic and Annabelle is hoping to see her oldest son again before she succumbs to cancer. Then he heads to Alaska.Ĭlive’s mother, Annabelle, and brother Miles are waiting for Clive back in Cold Storage (it’s the name of a town). He swears to himself that he’s going to go kind of straight, but first he has to stop by his crime boss’s (Jake) warehouse, where he picks up money, evidence against Jake, and a big, frightening dog. ![]() ![]() When the novel begins, Clive is being released from a California prison after serving seven years for dealing drugs. Cold Storage, Alaska is a quirky novel that alternates between humor, violence, and pathos. ![]()
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