Jim Harrison eclipsed Thomas McGuane as the tough-guy Western writer of our time because of the heart one could sense in his prose, buried just beneath all the boozing, fighting, and betrayals. He comes through again in his latest, True North, facing the old-as-the-Bible question of what a son should pay for his father’s sins. The son, David Burkett, is convinced he must right some of the environmental wrongs wreaked on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula by his father, a boozed-out Yalie Master of the Universe. Earnest yet believable, Harrison also delivers his usual knock-out punch of an ending. 1658 Lincoln Ave., St. Paul; (651) 699-0587; www.ruminator.com
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