The boys down at Bill's Café all wanted to talk at once about the latest news from Ironwood County. The rumors had proved true: author John Schreiber had indeed written another book about their county, and it was available just about anyplace books could be purchased. The title is Catching the Stream.
"Just be glad," George Thompson said, "that the bookstore in Rochester closed. They always had his books, but folks can't find it there no more."
"Well," Bill himself injected, "not too many people read books anymore either, so they're not about to search this one out."
"But I hear," George Thompson said, "that some locals are mentioned."
"Don't worry about that," Bill replied. "Schreiber always changes the names. Only we know who we are. The book tells how Matthew Blake found out the truth behind the Dixon's kid's death."
"You mean it wasn't a drink and drive accident?" George said.
"Don't you keep up on anything?" Bill asked.
"Guess not," George said, and scratched his chin. "Hm. Maybe I better read the book. Should I ask to see if the library will get one in?"
"Don't you even think about that," Bill said. "Any sale will just encourage Schreiber to write another book about us."
Joe Johnson sipped his coffee. "So what's the big deal if Schreiber wrote a book about the county? As you said, no one reads books anymore, and he changes the names anyway."
"It's the idea," George Thompson said. "Ain't we got a right to privacy?"
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Ironwood County in News Again
After a quiet spring and summer, something local residents prize, Ironwood County blasts across the news feeds of at least a three-county radius because infamous author John Schreiber is publishing his seventh novel in late August, the fourth to focus on the quietest county in Minnesota.
The Boys down at Bill's Café reportedly shook their heads at the news and returned to their coffee cups. Bill himself hung a sign in his window: "No picture-taking by tourists allowed."
Local librarian legend "Miss Agatha" told a Dodge County reporter, "I've burned his other books. If that new one comes across this desk, I'll burn it too."
When reached by phone, John Schreiber (presumably) shrugged and said, "All my books are works of fiction. All characters are composites. I have no idea why anyone would be upset."
Clearly, the residents in Ironwood County find that his fiction hits too close to home.
The Boys down at Bill's Café reportedly shook their heads at the news and returned to their coffee cups. Bill himself hung a sign in his window: "No picture-taking by tourists allowed."
Local librarian legend "Miss Agatha" told a Dodge County reporter, "I've burned his other books. If that new one comes across this desk, I'll burn it too."
When reached by phone, John Schreiber (presumably) shrugged and said, "All my books are works of fiction. All characters are composites. I have no idea why anyone would be upset."
Clearly, the residents in Ironwood County find that his fiction hits too close to home.
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