![]() The author clearly knows his way around a river the long, descriptive passages create a vivid sense of place and action even if they may puzzle those of us who don’t know a mayfly from a riffle. But this is no escape, unless you’re the reader. He describes one of his favorite poets as “an aficionado of loss and also of nature, which Jack could relate to.” Jack has lost both his mother and his best friend, and he blames himself for both deaths. Jack has a thing for eighth-century Chinese poetry. This is an unconventional mystery, an unconventional romance, and an unconventional adventure, creepy and spiritual in equal measure. He also happens to be falling in love with Alison K., the famous but effortlessly earthy singer he's been assigned to guide through a week of good fishing. The new guide, a grief-stricken 25-year-old named Jack, happens to be a keen observer with an eye for the out of the ordinary. And the manager seems to have a fast-and-loose relationship with the truth. Guests disappear for stretches at a time and return acting as if they’re survived a horrible trauma. The neighbor upstream likes to shoot at visitors who get too close to his property. ![]() It's a nice getaway from the persistent strains of Covid-19. The high-end Colorado resort at the heart of this soulful mystery offers some of the best angling in the country, with waters seemingly carved out of Eden. Fisherman’s noir isn’t a genre, but maybe it should be. ![]()
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