The Beast God Forgot to Invent
Atlantic Monthly Pr, October 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #619096
ISBN: 0871138212
Stated First Edition w/ complete number line. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket. // 'Jim Harrison is an American master, and The Beast God Forgot to Invent is a book that The New York Times Book Review called 'a big, wet, sloppy kiss [that] Harrison continues to plant on the face of life itself'. These are stories of culture and wildness, of men and beasts and where they overlap. A wealthy man retired to the Michigan woods narrates the tale of a younger man decivilized by brain damage. A Michigan Indian wanders Los Angeles, hobnobbing with starlets and screenwriters while he tracks an ersatz Native-American activist who stole his bearskin. An aging 'alpha canine', the author of three dozen throwaway biographies, eats dinner with the ex-wife of his overheated youth, and must confront the man he used to be. As The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) put it, 'The Beast God Forgot to Invent is a proud addition to the Harrison oeuvre. It is exhilarating to watch a master at work'.' -- publisher.
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