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Gallatin Canyon: Stories
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From the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts—the stories of Gallatin Canyon are rich in the wit, compassion, and matchless language for which Thomas McGuane is celebrated. Set mostly in famed Big Sky Country, McGuane brings us an "astonishing" (The New York Times Book Review) collection in which place exerts the power of destiny.
A boy makes a surprising discovery skating at night on Lake Michigan; an Irish clan in Massachusetts gather around their dying matriarch; a battered survivor of the glory days of Key West washes up on other shores. Several of the stories unfold in Big Sky country: a father tries to buy his adult son’s way out of virginity; a convict turns cowhand on a ranch; a couple makes a fateful drive through a perilous gorge. McGuane's people are seekers, beguiled by the land's beauty and myth, compelled by the fantasy of what a locale can offer, forced to reconcile dream and truth.
A boy makes a surprising discovery skating at night on Lake Michigan; an Irish clan in Massachusetts gather around their dying matriarch; a battered survivor of the glory days of Key West washes up on other shores. Several of the stories unfold in Big Sky country: a father tries to buy his adult son’s way out of virginity; a convict turns cowhand on a ranch; a couple makes a fateful drive through a perilous gorge. McGuane's people are seekers, beguiled by the land's beauty and myth, compelled by the fantasy of what a locale can offer, forced to reconcile dream and truth.
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Thomas McGuane
Thomas McGuane is the author of several highly acclaimed novels, including The Sporting Club and The Bushwhacked Piano. He has also written several works of nonfiction that stem from his passion for sport and the outdoors, including An Outside Chance,The Longest Silence, and Some Horses. He lives in Montana.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I read McGuane's first three novels back in the seventies, then nothing for years, until I ran across his essay collection, SOME HORSES, several years back, which I enjoyed tremendously. His GALLATIN CANYON stories were a pleasant diversion and went down easy for the most part, although "Refugee" got tedious, so I didn't finish that one. My personal favorite was "Cowboy," about an ex-con who finds a kind of home on a ranch run by two old siblings, a crusty old bachelor and his even crustier sister. It contained some of the same charm and humor I'd enjoyed in his essays of ranch life. If you're a McGuane fan, you'll like these stories. I did. Very highly recommended.- Tim Bazzett, author of the memoir, BOOKLOVER
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I read the Cowboy short story for a class and read the others for context. Definitely not my kind of writer, unfortunately.