Feb 12, 2025
Matt Crawford speaks with author Callan Wink about his book,
Beartooth: A Novel. In the Montana backcountry live two brothers
who run a saw mill and do a little poaching on the side. Thad is
the brains of the operation. His brother Hazen has a talent for
tracking and hunting and getting himself into trouble. Together
they have just about made it work, but now there are mounting
bills, a leaky roof and winter is closing in. When a menacing
figure known as the Scot offers them a risky but potentially
lucrative hunting job in Yellowstone National Park, the brothers
can't refuse, but before long the precarious nature of their lives
and their bond is exposed.
From a fresh new voice in American fiction, this is a propulsive,
bracing story about the cost of survival set against the
unforgiving wilderness of the American northwest.