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by Thomas McGuane

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Author:
Thomas McGuane
ISBN13:
978-0140099072
ISBN:
0140099077
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Publisher:
Penguin Books; Reissue edition (March 3, 1987)
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Literary
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Thomas McGuane makes the page, the paragraph, the sentence itself a record of. .

Thomas McGuane makes the page, the paragraph, the sentence itself a record of continuous imaginative activity. He is an important as well as a brilliant novelist. McGuane's sense of place, his harsh and delicate exactness of detail are at their keenest. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the author of ten novels, three works of nonfiction, and three collections of stories.

1974 : USA Mass Market Paperback.

Ninety-two in the Shade book McGuane tells us that, Life looked straight in the eye was insupportable, as everyone knew by instinct

Ninety-two in the Shade book. Thomas Skelton is your classic American hero, as well as a bit of a screw-up and a product of the 1960s counter-culture. McGuane tells us that, Life looked straight in the eye was insupportable, as everyone knew by instinct. The great trick, contrary to the consensus of philosophy, is to avoid looking it straight in the eye. Everything askance and it all shines on.

Are you sure you want to remove Ninety-two in the Shade (Contemporary American Fiction) from your list? Ninety-two in the Shade (Contemporary American Fiction). Published March 3, 1987 by Penguin (Non-Classics).

Thomas McGuane - Ninety-Two in the Shade. Split awards have been prohibited continuously from 1984. a b c d e Contemporary coverage by The New York Times lists four "close seconds" for the four awards, three of which were works of fiction

Thomas McGuane - Ninety-Two in the Shade. Wilfrid Sheed - People Will Always Be Kind. a b c d e Contemporary coverage by The New York Times lists four "close seconds" for the four awards, three of which were works of fiction. The third listed was nonfiction, but Nonfiction was the second listed award winner, so the allocation of "close seconds" to award categories is uncertain.

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Ninety-Two in the Shade. Authors: Thomas Mcguane. Skelton, two men, two women, wound up in a white clapboard hotel near Homestead frequented by citrus pickers; and a long night began of streaks, halos, and comas. f sitting on an enormous expanse of gleaming wood floor. He could see no furniture and the walls were yielding. He seemed to be alone; and he came to wonder what was becoming of him. There was a liquid window filling with silver light; and just over the sill he could see the crown of a palm tree moistly easing itself into his view. Thus he knew he was on the second floor.

This same artist had done a series of contemporary portraits of historical figures

For two hours he managed the control he needed, sitting as quietly at his breakfast table as a gyroscope. And then slowly the tramp of drilling winos came through his leafy window; and he wept with gratitude. When he had finished that, the salt and pepper shakers rejoined themselves to the table; the skein of connections returned and his hands sweated in one another’s grasp. This same artist had done a series of contemporary portraits of historical figures. Kafka as remittance man. Van Gogh clipping coupons by the sea.

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