Norman Maclean and the Question of Craft

To some then, he is grandfatherly keeper of fly-fishing lore; to others he is a regional writer gone Oprah in the grave, with a blockbuster movie as a resounding epitaph. Such understandings of the author, however, cast shadows over the deeper currents that inform his approach to literature.

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[professor]

Young Men and Fire is a fantastic read that is, in my opinion, more representative of his style than anything else. Personal, nuanced and exhaustively researched.