The main character in The Painter is Jim Stegner. The way Peter Heller writes about Jim Stegner, he comes across as such a manly man that I can almost smell the leather, the tobacco and the sweat coming off the pages. Jim has problems. His daughter was killed and he didn't handle that well. He handled it so poorly that he killed a man. Now he is in trouble again because he stopped a man from beating a horse. To handle his violent history, his grief, and his current problems he resorts to fly fishing and painting. He doesn't solve problems very well. His current problems from stopping a horse beating result in his paintings selling for more and more money. This fortune and fame upset him. Jim is a deep thinker but terrible problem solver. This story is so interesting I ended up walking an extra 30 seconds on the stair stepper at the gym which is huge because usually I am watching the clock very closely.
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