The late author Jim Harrison has appeared on the print edition of the The New York Times’ bestsellers list for the first time ever.
Harrison published more than thirty books in a variety of genres including: fiction, non-fiction, essays, and poetry. His death generated a renewed interest in his work. The New York Times has more:
Extravagantly talented, critically adored, more famous than most literary novelists thanks partly to the movie version of his “Legends of the Fall,”Harrison in his lifetime never once hit the print edition of the Times best-seller list. (The closest he came was three years ago, when his novella collection “The River Swimmer” landed at No. 32 on the extended list.) But his death brought new attention to his raucous, earthy writing, and now Harrison’s latest book — another novella collection, “The Ancient Minstrel,” which David Gates reviewed on the cover of our March 13 issue — debuts at No. 14 on the hardcover fiction list.