The Ancient Minstrel: Novellas

The Ancient Minstrel: Novellas

• Novellas Jim Harrison

<div><b>“Among the most indelible American novelists of the last hundred years . . . [Harrison] remains at the height of his powers.” —Dwight Garner, <i>The New York Times</i> on <i>The River Swimmer</i></b><br><br><i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Jim Harrison is one of our most beloved and acclaimed writers, adored by both readers and critics. In <i>The Ancient Minstrel</i>, 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.<br><br>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 <i>Eggs</i>, 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 <i>The Case of the Howling Buddhas</i>, retired Detective Sunderson—a recurring character from Harrison’s <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>The Great Leader</i> and <i>The Big Seven</i>—is hired as a private investigator to look into a bizarre cult that achieves satori by howling along with howler monkeys at the zoo.<br><br>Fresh, incisive, and endlessly entertaining, with moments of both profound wisdom and sublime humor, <i>The Ancient Minstrel</i> is an exceptional reminder of why Jim Harrison is one of the most cherished and important writers at work today.</div>