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Title: Nothing but Blue Skies by Thomas McGuane ISBN: 0-679-74778-8 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great stuff
Comment: Thomas McGuane is a remarkably gifted writer and here he is at the top of his form. This book captures the beauty and the tragedy of the west, is full of characters who are real and pathetic and loveable and maddening. The territory of Western pathos and failed relationships covered briliantly by Richard Ford, but McGuane in this book brings a consistent over the top humor and sense of the ridiculous which distinguishes him sharply from Ford. Picaresque bar fights alternate with lyrical descriptions of the fishing streams of Montana, the protagonist's series of soulless affairs constrasts sharply with his desperate love for the wife who has left him. The book is fascinating, and beautiful, and terribly funny.
Rating: 5
Summary: Difficult to put down.
Comment: McGuane is easily among our most talented contemporary authors. There were times that I caught myself laughing out-loud as well as smiling at truly remarkable descriptions written with such skill that I felt as if I were standing in a river somewhere in Montana. He is able to pull the reader into his world of complex and entertaining characters that operate in an equally wonderful backdrop of Montana's ranches, rivers, and small towns. If you are a fan of other McGuane titles such as "Nobody's Angel" and "Keep the Change" you will not be disappointed with "Nothing but Blue Skies." I can't think of higher praise than to be truly sad to turn the last page and realize that such a beautifully and skillfully written story is over.
Rating: 3
Summary: Nice Read, worth your time
Comment: This was my first, but will not be my last, novel by Thomas McGuane. Frank Copenhaver, the central character, has hit a rough patch in his life. His anchors have left him. In the opening scene he is taking his wife to the airport. She is leaving him. After some brief background info, McGuane lays before us a man who's life is torn out from underhim and who doesn't really seem to know how to get back on track. Ultimately it is a story of betrayal, love and relationships. Husband and wife and daughter. In between there are great descriptions of Montana flyfishing. Although not as good as The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, this book does come pretty close.
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Title: Keep the Change by Thomas McGuane ISBN: 0679730338 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 31 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Nobody's Angel by Thomas McGuane ISBN: 0394747380 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 November, 1986 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Ninety-two in the Shade by THOMAS MCGUANE ISBN: 0679752897 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 30 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Panama by Thomas McGuane ISBN: 0679752919 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 30 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Some Horses : Essays by Thomas McGuane ISBN: 0375724524 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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