The Hermit's Story -- Rick Bass, Paperback Frank Coghlan Jr. It is the epitome of

It is the epitome of brilliance - and sounds more intimate

Just as she realizes it is their anniversary and she has forgotten

has no problem commodifying human life as if it were meat to feed the insatiable hunger of capitalism

and brothers Bob and Tommy Stinson (lead guitar and bass respectively) – unleashed a thrilling

The Hermit's Story -- Rick Bass, Paperback Frank Coghlan Jr. It is the epitome ofThe Hermit's Story is Rick Bass's best and most varied fiction yet. In the title story, a man and a woman travel across an eerily frozen lake under the ice. "The Distance" casts a skeptical eye on Thomas Jefferson through the lens of a Montana man's visit to Monticello. "Eating" begins with an owl being sucked into a canoe and ends with a man eating a town out of house and home, and "The Cave" is a stunning story of a man and woman lost in an