Contrary to what New Yorkers would have one believe the 'big apple' isn't the center of the world. A cliche is always based on a deep-seated truth. At the reading (VIDEO HERE-full frame) (iPhone) of C.J. Box's new novel Off the Grid the gentleman seated behind me had impressively read every C.J.Box book. He could also vouch for at least some of the real life accuracy of the stories as he had also lived 'in the wild'. But of course the 'truth' is always way stranger than any fiction.