The Bear Comes Home is a novel written by American writer Rafi Zabor.

[4] The novel tells the story of an alto saxophone-playing bear, his involvement in the jazz subculture, and his pursuit of love, truth and perfection.

[3] Musician published the first chapters of The Bear Comes Home, in serialized form, beginning in 1979.

[5] Zabor resumed work on the remainder of the book after a fourteen-year hiatus, and W. W. Norton published the novel in 1997.

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