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THE GLASS EEL
Caterpillar Island is isolated off the central coast of Maine; you can glimpse it on the way to the beloved vacationland of lobster bakes and quaint fried clam shacks, kayaking and country houses. But at night, by the light of a headlamps, the island is alive with cash, guns, international trade wars, and baby eels.
Across the surrounding coastline, oxy addicts, trailer park residents, Wabanaki Natives, and out-of-work construction workers dip their nets in the creeks to catch elvers--two-inch-long baby eels that fetch $3000 in the smugglers market.
Into this dark and often dangerous world falls Jeanette King, a middle-aged divorcée who has, up to this moment, been earning her living holding down three jobs, most importantly as a shucker and packager of local crab meat. As Jeanette gets drawn, at first unwillingly, into a fast-moving story of risk and sometimes violent consequences which seem to revolve around her ex-husband, she enlists the aid of close confederates--a local policeman and an Indigenous activist. An ensuing procession of colorful townies, unexpected plot twists, and dangerous outsiders creates an entertaining, enlightening tale of what happens in the underbelly of a business that is both uncontrolled and environmentally dangerous.
J.J. Viertel is the pseudonym used by the father-son writing team of Jack and Josh Viertel who live in Deer Isle, Maine, and Wingdale and Tarrytown, New York. After college they began very different careers--Jack as a theater critic, and later a producer, dramaturge and Artistic Director, Josh as a farmer and the president of Slow Food USA. Josh is the founder of Harlem Valley Homestead in Wingdale, New York, whose mission is to bring people together on a beautiful working farm to share work, food, and learning. Jack has taught theater-writing at NYU and is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Secret Life of the American Musica*l and the novel *Broadway Melody. Josh is an expert fly fisherman and bow hunter, and Jack is a longtime scuba diver and barbecue chef. Jack is married to Linda (Josh's mother). Josh has a son, Gabriel, with his partner Rebbeca Parech.
Into this dark and often dangerous world falls Jeanette King, a middle-aged divorcée who has, up to this moment, been earning her living holding down three jobs, most importantly as a shucker and packager of local crab meat. As Jeanette gets drawn, at first unwillingly, into a fast-moving story of risk and sometimes violent consequences which seem to revolve around her ex-husband, she enlists the aid of close confederates--a local policeman and an Indigenous activist. An ensuing procession of colorful townies, unexpected plot twists, and dangerous outsiders creates an entertaining, enlightening tale of what happens in the underbelly of a business that is both uncontrolled and environmentally dangerous.
J.J. Viertel is the pseudonym used by the father-son writing team of Jack and Josh Viertel who live in Deer Isle, Maine, and Wingdale and Tarrytown, New York. After college they began very different careers--Jack as a theater critic, and later a producer, dramaturge and Artistic Director, Josh as a farmer and the president of Slow Food USA. Josh is the founder of Harlem Valley Homestead in Wingdale, New York, whose mission is to bring people together on a beautiful working farm to share work, food, and learning. Jack has taught theater-writing at NYU and is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Secret Life of the American Musica*l and the novel *Broadway Melody. Josh is an expert fly fisherman and bow hunter, and Jack is a longtime scuba diver and barbecue chef. Jack is married to Linda (Josh's mother). Josh has a son, Gabriel, with his partner Rebbeca Parech.
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Book Published 2025-09-01 by Penzler Publishers |