Book

McGuane, Thomas, author.

Cloudbursts : collected and new stories / Thomas McGuane.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

x, 556 pages ; 25 cm

"Thirty-eight stories drawn from [the author's] much-lauded previous collections, and another seven entirely new pieces appearing for the first time in book form. Set in the seedy corners of Key West, the remote shore towns of the Bahamas, and McGuane's hallmark Big Sky country, with its vast and unforgiving landscape, these are stories of people on the fringes of society, whose twisted pasts meddle with their chances for companionship. Moving from the hilarious to the tragic and back again, McGuane writes about familial dysfunction, emotional failure, and American loneliness, celebrating the human ability to persist through life's absurdities"-- Provided by publisher.

Short stories, American.

Short stories.

Short stories. Selections

Sportsmen -- The millionaire -- A man in Louisiana -- Like a leaf -- Dogs -- A skirmish -- Two hours to kill -- Partners -- The road atlas -- Flight -- Vicious circle -- Cowboy -- Ice -- Old friends -- North country -- Zombie -- Miracle boy -- Aliens -- The refugee -- Gallatin Canyon -- Weight watchers -- The house on Sand Creek -- Grandma and me -- Hubcaps -- On a dirt road -- A long view to the West -- The casserole -- Motherlode -- An old man who liked to fish -- Prairie girl -- The good samaritan -- Stars -- Shaman -- Canyon Ferry -- River camp -- Lake story -- Crow Fair -- Tango -- The driver -- Papaya -- Little Bighorn -- Kangaroo -- Viking burial -- Ghost riders in the sky -- Riddle.

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