“The Painter,” by Peter Heller An amazing novel that masterfully connects fly-fishing, high art, murder, revenge, and unimaginable loss into one breathless read. Heller’s powerful descriptions are bleakly beautiful, and illuminate the nature of art, and the art of nature. Great read for the modern western man, and the women who put up with them. […]
The Painter
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Peter Heller’s sophomore novel, “The Painter”
Peter Heller, best-selling author of “The Dog Stars,” wowed Bend audiences last year when he visited the community as part of The Deschutes County Public Library’s “Novel Idea” program. His sophomore novel, “The Painter,” offers yet another moving narrative, and one that is sure to appeal to the outdoorsy, artistic, life-on-the-fringes reader, a demographic which […]