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Title: The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing by Thomas McGuane ISBN: 0-679-45485-3 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.53 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Crisp as cold Caesar
Comment: It's nice to read a fisherman/writer who's more interested in the experience than in the pounds-per-day and the gadgetry, and takes the time to understand how flyfishing fits into larger patterns of his life. Adding to that, some of the sentences and phrasings alone are worth the price of the book. I can't agree with him that longer rods necessarily translate to tailing loops, but that's a mere quibble. Sure, some of what he relates is jet-set fishing, with a guide putting him on the fish, but he's dead honest about the experience, de-romanticizing much of it, if anything, and appreciating his guides as characters. Those who enjoy McGuane would enjoy NORTH BANK: Claiming a Place on the Rogue, another crafted and thoughtful look at flyfishing in a larger frame.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Must" reading for anyone who has ever held a rod & reel.
Comment: Fishermen will find this a fine blend of literary expression and fishing lore: The Longest Silence tells of one man's pursuit of a variety of sporting fishes, his world-wide fishing excursions and adventures, and his opinions on everything from gear to fisherman lying and habits. A fine reflective piece will attract any who long for a good book to read while fishing.
Rating: 5
Summary: smooth and satisfying
Comment: I am adding The Longest Silence to my list of favorite books on the subject of fly fishing. I do believe that some thoughts are too deep for words. But McGuane's words dive deeper than any book I've ever read. I admit, as a life long Michigan resident, that the first chapter based on the Pere Marquette River hooked me. But, as I read I realized that whether he wrote about Michigan, or Montana, or Argentina that the location is not what it's all about. It's about the long silent moments. Everything else "has nothing to do with the necessity but rather with the elaboration of the dream that is fishing".
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Title: Some Horses: Essays by Thomas McGuane ISBN: 0375724524 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 14 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Cadence of Grass by Thomas McGuane ISBN: 0679767452 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Ninety-Two in the Shade by Thomas McGuane ISBN: 0679752897 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Upstream: Fly-Fishing in the American West by Charles Lindsay, Thomas McGuane ISBN: 0893818895 Publisher: Aperture Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman by John Gierach, Glenn Wolff ISBN: 0743229924 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 02 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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