this book from the beach is set in manitoba at a constant temperature of about 20 below; i presume that’s fahrenheit but whatever units it’s in i’d class it as pretty damned cold. i loved siler’s first book easy money and i don’t think this one was quite as good as that first effort. the story isn’t as multi faceted and the narrator is more reliable and the overall experience wasn’t as engaging or as mind twisting. it was still an interesting book but i found it a bit of a disappointment.