Alexandra Fuller was born in England in 1969 and in 1972 she moved with her family to a farm in Rhodesia. After the civil war there in 1981, the Fullers moved first to Malawi, then to Zambia. She now lives in Wyoming and has three children.
" [Fuller's] book-set in her new home, the high plains of
Wyoming-hangs so faultlessly on its high-altitude, big-sky,
oildrilling bones that it seems not so much to have been written as
uncovered by the wind and weather of the American north-west."
-"The Economist"
a [Fulleras] bookaset in her new home, the high plains of
Wyomingahangs so faultlessly on its high-altitude, big-sky,
oildrilling bones that it seems not so much to have been written as
uncovered by the wind and weather of the American north-west.a
a"The Economist"
Fuller, author of the bestselling Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, narrates the tragically short life of Colton H. Bryant, a Wyoming roughneck in his mid-20s who in 2006 fell to his death on an oil rig owned by Patterson-UTI Energy. A Wyoming resident herself since 1994, Fuller is expert in evoking the stark landscape and recreating the speech and mentality of her adopted state's native sons. Along the way, she sheds light on the tough, unpredictable lives of Wyoming's oilmen and the toll exacted on their families. Though the book is wonderfully poignant and poetic and reads more like a novel than biography, Fuller acknowledges that she has taken narrative liberties, composed dialogue, disregarded certain aspects of Colton's life and occasionally juggled chronology "to create a smoother story line," leading readers to wonder what is true and what invented for dramatic purposes. As such, it is difficult to assess Fuller's simplistic conclusion that the company's drive to cut costs killed the young man, though she is right to highlight the strikingly high number of fatalities in the industry. As a touching portrait of a life cut short and a perceptive immersion in the environment that nurtures such men, Fuller's volume excels, but in terms of absolute veracity it should be read with caution. (May 6) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
" [Fuller's] book-set in her new home, the high plains of
Wyoming-hangs so faultlessly on its high-altitude, big-sky,
oildrilling bones that it seems not so much to have been written as
uncovered by the wind and weather of the American north-west."
-"The Economist"
a [Fulleras] bookaset in her new home, the high plains of
Wyomingahangs so faultlessly on its high-altitude, big-sky,
oildrilling bones that it seems not so much to have been written as
uncovered by the wind and weather of the American north-west.a
a"The Economist"
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