Limited edition proof. 8vo. 349pp. Pictorial wraps. First printing of the UK edition, the true first, and preceding the 600,000 first print run of the American edition by Delacorte Press. A Waterstones Book of the Century (1997, No 100).
Signed by Evans on a publisher's bookplate, numbered #96/800, affixed to front endpaper.
Author's debut novel. A tale of healing and redemption set in the wilds of Montana. Basis for the 1998 film starring Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Dianne Wiest, and a young Scarlett Johansson. "Outstanding... a book of rare power and beauty." –Booklist