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Title: Spike scores...
Review: This is possibly the best of the many, many books about commercial fishermen. Spike Walker is a terrific writer and brings you along with him as he makes the transformation from rookie to seasoned crab catcher. The book is not just descriptive, it's hypnotic in the best sense of the word. While reading "Working the Edge," there were great chunks of time when I was transported to the deck of a crab boat...I was right there...dodging crab pots, smelling the stink, feeling the cold and the spray, loving the warmth of a cup of coffee after a long shift. The book never got stale and never stalled...I imagine crab fishing gets repetitive...fishing books certainly do. Walker keeps it fresh and interesting to the last page. He's joined my pantheon of "real life" writer gods -- John McPhee, Sebastian Junger, Tim Cahill and Jon Krakauer, who blend deft writing skills, a slightly off-kilter slant, and usually, their own thrill of discovery, to their work.
