Wild Game: (A Novel)

by Frank Bergon

Frank Bergon returns to the region he knows best in this novel based on actual events that took place in Nevada during the 1980s. When Jack Irigaray, a biologist for the Division of Wildlife, agrees to go along as backup on what should be a routine arrest of a poacher in the Black Rock Desert, he has no way of knowing that the decision will irrevocably alter his life. In the space of a few hours he will see two men die, one a close friend; he will come near death himself; and he will plunge into a world of obsession, self-destruction, and vengeance that will consume years of his life.

Genres: Fiction

336 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1995

Reviews

[SuzAnne · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting take on the clash of two forces: the drive for personal freedom and that of social responsibility. One man, believes he is justified in taking the lives of, not only scores of animals that he traps and hunts, but two men who are challenging what he sees as the free exercise of his right to live this way of life. Another man (who survives one of the former's gunshots to the chest) struggles internally with his sensitivities, insecurities and love of the area's wildlife against his unconscious wish to be more like the rough-and-ready heroes epitomized by the killer.