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Title: Maclean's Words Read Beautifully
Review: Most people probably come to this story having seen and liked the Robert Redford movie. I had anyway. What's astonishing is how wonderfully it holds up. Maclean's words read beautifully right up until the haunting final paragraph. As poetic a writer as I can think of--except, perhaps for Louise Erdrich.Don't listen to reviews that urge you to skip the sections on fly-fishing. I've never fished a day in my life, but to skip these sections is to miss some of the funniest parts of the story--and to miss how Norman, in trying to understand the river, is really trying to figure out his relationship with his father and brother.
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