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2016
4.2(341 reviews)
Publisher: Grove Press
256 pages
ISBN: 978-0802124562
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The Ancient Minstrel

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“Among the most indelible American novelists of the last hundred years . . . [Harrison] remains at the height of his powers.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times on The River Swimmer New York Times bestselling author Jim Harrison is one of our most beloved and acclaimed writers, adored by both readers and critics. In The Ancient Minstrel , Harrison delivers three novellas that highlight his phenomenal range as a writer, shot through with his trademark wit and keen insight into the human condition. Harrison has tremendous fun with his own reputation in the title novella, about an aging writer in Montana who spars with his estranged wife, with whom he still shares a home, weathers the slings and arrows of literary success, and tries to cope with the sow he buys on a whim and the unplanned litter of piglets that follow soon after. In Eggs , a Montana woman reminisces about staying in London with her grandparents, and collecting eggs at their country house. Years later, having never had a child, she attempts to do so. And in The Case of the Howling Buddhas , retired Detective Sunderson—a recurring character from Harrison’s New York Times bestseller The Great Leader and The Big Seven —is hired as a private investigator to look into a bizarre cult that achieves satori by howling along with howler monkeys at the zoo. Fresh, incisive, and endlessly entertaining, with moments of both profound wisdom and sublime humor, The Ancient Minstrel is an exceptional reminder of why Jim Harrison is one of the most cherished and important writers at work today.

Book Information

Title:The Ancient Minstrel
Author:Jim Harrison
Series:Short Stories/Novellas
Book Number:#8
Published:2016
Pages:256
ISBN-10:802124569
ISBN-13:978-0802124562

Series Progress

This book is part of the Short Stories/Novellas series and is book #8 in the series.