Story of a 1970s hippie ménage à trois in a Pacific Northwest logging town. Chainsaw-wielding "shake-rat" Earley (he clears and sells stump chips) finds companionship with Reed, a young hitchhiker from Berkeley, despite their differences in background. Earley is a big mountain-man loner who lives in a bus parked in the woods, while Reed is a skinny, smart-alecky rich-boy novice pining for his girlfriend, Zan, whom they set off to look for. Zan comes on to Earley and comforts Reed, and pretty soon the three are getting intimate. During the week, the two men labor side by side; joined by their worship of Zan, they become lovers. When an outsider witnesses these shenanigans, violence erupts.--From PW review. .
Story of a 1970s hippie ménage à trois in a Pacific Northwest logging town. Chainsaw-wielding "shake-rat" Earley (he clears and sells stump chips) finds companionship with Reed, a young hitchhiker from Berkeley, despite their differences in background. Earley is a big mountain-man loner who lives in a bus parked in the woods, while Reed is a skinny, smart-alecky rich-boy novice pining for his girlfriend, Zan, whom they set off to look for. Zan comes on to Earley and comforts Reed, and pretty soon the three are getting intimate. During the week, the two men labor side by side; joined by their worship of Zan, they become lovers. When an outsider witnesses these shenanigans, violence erupts.--From PW review. .
