The Bear Comes Home, (Paperback)

from jonfaith

The precocious sheen fell off of my life in the late 90s. Evidence of this can be found in the fact that I checked out this book, what, ten years ago? I read it, quickly even, and remember finding fault with the jazz references. What could i have been thinking? Please, I hope my judgment doesn't ...

from jonfaith

The precocious sheen fell off of my life in the late 90s. Evidence of this can be found in the fact that I checked out this book, what, ten years ago? I read it, quickly even, and remember finding fault with the jazz references. What could i have been thinking? Please, I hope my judgment doesn't ...

from Pianojazz

A wonderful read--a jazz novel, whose cadences are musical, whose paragraphs swing, whose characters are funky, whose melodies are honest and true. The very best novel of its type I've ever read; better than "Man With a Horn," which is to my knowledge its only true competitor. If you play jazz, o...

from Perednia

An amazing novel about a sentient, jazz-loving bear that has much to say about love, music and anything else that matters.

from PilgrimJess

As the title suggests, the hero of this novel is a bear. But he is no ordinary bear; he is a pants wearing talking bear who is shy, literate, mystically inclined and plays the alto-saxophone. Arrested one night for sneaking into a New York jazz club and jamming with some of the resident musicians...