Really? Again? Strange animals and control-freak humans on islands—it's starting to seem like weird animal tales and islands just go together. Islands: Where the Wild Things Are.
Boyle's novel is a fictional account of a true life story that pitted conservation biologists against animal rights activists in a battle over what counts as "natural" on the beautiful islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, in California. Like Coetzee's Lives, it's a chance to think through philosophical arguments in fiction.