The Hookmen

By Timothy Hillmer

Book Overview

Nineteen-year-old Roy Cruz learns about family commitment, love, and being a man when he takes a summer job with the Forest Service, pulling drowning victims from the rapids of the Kern River. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684813866
• ISBN13: 9780684813868
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Touchstone
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

A Great Author

I thought this book was excellent. It was definately a book that you could feel yourself falling into with every turn of the page. I am very excited that Hillmer has just published a new book and am looking forward to reading the new one because of how good Hookmen was. On a side not, I was also very privelaged to have Mr. Hillmer as a teacher about 8 years ago in High School. Let's hope he keeps up the excellent writing! Lisa

Believeable charachterizations, enjoyable read

This normally wouldn't be my type of read. Mr. Hillmer did a good job of weaving the story lines. Cruz is a very likeable character. The book moves along quickly and you can almost feel the splash of cold mountain water from the Kern. The book rings true to life, and leaves a residue of sadness.

A strong work with a well-drawn protagonist

Hillmer does a fine job of creating a credible setting for Roy Cruz's coming-of-age story. The novel avoids cliches, the prose flows well, and the story holds up. Looking forward to Hillmer's next work, whenever it might appear.