Gallatin Canyon: Stories -- Thomas McGuane

<b>From the acclaimed author of <i>Ninety-two in the Shade</i> and <i>Cloudbursts</i>--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" (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>) collection in which place exerts the power of destiny.</b> <p/> 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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Thomas McGuane<br><b>Publisher:</b> Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group<br><b>Published:</b> 06/12/2007<br><b>Pages:</b> 240<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.60lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.70d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781400075188<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>New York Times</i> 07/08/2007 pg. 24<br><i>Men's Journal</i> 11/01/2010 pg. 125<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>THOMAS McGUANE lives on a ranch in McLeod, Montana. He is the author of ten novels, including the Nationa