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The river why : a novel / David James Duncan.

by Duncan, David James, author.

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New York : Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company, 2016.

Fly fishing -- Fiction.

Fishing stories.

9780316261227 (paperback)

031626122X (paperback)

viii, 419 pages ; 21 cm

First Back Bay trade paperback edition.

Book One: The Compleat Angler -- Book Two: The Undoing of a Scientific Angler -- Book Three: Characters in Nature -- Book Four: The Line of Light -- Book Five: At the End of the Line.

Since its publication in 1983, THE RIVER WHY has become a classic. David James Duncan's sweeping novel is a coming-of-age comedy about love, nature, and the quest for self-discovery, written in a voice as distinct and powerful as any in American letters. Gus Orviston is a young fly fisherman who leaves behind his comically schizoid family to find his own path. Taking refuge in a remote cabin, he sets out in pursuit of the Pacific Northwest's elusive steelhead. But what begins as a physical quarry becomes a spiritual one as his quest for self-knowledge batters him with unforeseeable experiences.

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