A book cover with the title of the river swimmer.

The River Swimmer, Jim Harrison, 2013

Harrison, at home in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula offers up two novellas, one about a 60 year old artist who despite a successful career is still trying to realize his true passions in art and women and the second eponymous one, a fantasy about a young man’s quest for a meaningful life.  Food, wine, sex, hunting, fishing—Harrison’s usual mix in winning fashion.