In all three of David Joiner¡¯s novels to date ¡ª ¡°Lotusland,¡± ¡°Kanazawa¡± and now ¡°The Heron Catchers¡± ¡ª it¡¯s all about location, location, location. While 2022¡¯s ¡°Kanazawa¡± is set in the streets of Ishikawa Prefecture¡¯s capital, ¡°The Heron Catchers¡± takes the reader out to Yamanaka Onsen, a small town an hour to the south.
¡°Setting is always really important to me in a book,¡± Joiner says. ¡°I start with the setting. I want to write books that are set where I live because I want to contribute something to the places that I call home.¡±
The Heron Catchers, by David Joiner. 280 pages, STONE BRIDGE PRESS, Fiction.
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