New York Times bestselling author Jim Harrison was one of this countryâs most beloved writers, a muscular, brilliantly economic stylist with a salty wisdom. He also wrote some of the best essays on food. A Really Big Lunch collects many of his food pieces for the first timeâand taps into his larger-than-life appetite with wit and verve.
Jim Harrisonâs legendary gourmandise is on full display in this book, from the titular New Yorker piece about a French lunch that went to thirty-seven courses, to pieces from Brick, Playboy, Kermit Lynch Newsletter, and more. A Really Big Lunch is shot through with Harrisonâs pointed comments and keen delight in the pleasures of the senses. And, between the lines, the pieces give glimpses of Harrisonâs life over the last three decades.
A Really Big Lunch is a literary delight that will satisfy every appetite.
Jim Harrison (1937â2016) was the author of over thirty-five books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, including Legends of the Fall, The Road Home, The English Major, and The Farmerâs Daughter. His writing appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Playboy, and the New York Times. He earned a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Spirit of the West Award from the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association. His work has been recognized worldwide and published in twenty-two languages.
Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Awardâwinning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials.