Gallatin Canyon

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<p>Place exerts the power of destiny in these ten stories of lives uncannily recognisable and unforgettably strange: a boy makes a surprising discovery skating at night on Lake Michigan; an Irish clan in Massachusetts gathers at the bedside of its dying matriarch; a battered survivor of the glory days of Key West washes up on other shores.</p><p>Several of the stories unfold in Big Sky country, McGuane's signature landscape: a father tries to buy his adult son out of virginity; a convict-turned-cowhand finds refuge at a ranch in ruination; a couple makes a fateful drive through the perilous gorge of the title story before parting ways.</p><p>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.</p><p>The stories of<i>Gallatin Canyon</i>are alternately comical, dark, and poignant. Rich in the wit, compassion, and matchless language for which McGuane is celebrated, they are the work of a master.</p>

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Thomas McGuane is the author of short fiction, screenplays, essays and several highly acclaimed novels, including<i>The Sporting Club, The Bushwacked Piano</i>and<i>Ninety-two in the Shade</i>, which was nominated for the National Book Award. He was born in Michigan and now lives with his family in McLeod, Montana.

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