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Gallatin canyon : stories / Thomas McGuane

By:

McGuane, Thomas

Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf , c2006.Description: 220 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

978-1-4000-4156-5

Subject(s):

West (U.S.) -- -Social life and customs -- --Fiction

Genre/Form:

Short stories

DDC classification:

FIC MCG

Contents:

Vicious circle -- Cowboy -- Ice -- Old friends -- North coast -- The zombie -- Miracle boy -- Aliens -- The refugee -- Gallatin canyon.

Summary: McGuane returns to the territories of his novels in this collection of stories set in Montana, Michigan, and Florida. Most of the characters are older, divorced and still looking for attachment but without much hope of love. They are alcoholics (in "Vicious Circle" and "The Refugee"), junkies ("Northcoast"), low-grade ex-cons ("The Cowboy"), embezzlers ("Old Friends"), disconnected fathers ("The Zombie" and "Aliens"), and lackluster ordinary men. In the title story, an unnamed smalltimer sets out on a business trip down the winding Gallatin Canyon, Mont., road with his girlfriend, Louise. He conducts his business dealings with phony bluster and indecision, humiliating himself in the eyes of this woman he hopes to marry; things get worse from there. Any attempts these characters make to draw happiness back into their lives backfires clumsily, pushing it further from their grasp.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC MCG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		029863

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Vicious circle -- Cowboy -- Ice -- Old friends -- North coast -- The zombie -- Miracle boy -- Aliens -- The refugee -- Gallatin canyon.

McGuane returns to the territories of his novels in this collection of stories set in Montana, Michigan, and Florida. Most of the characters are older, divorced and still looking for attachment but without much hope of love. They are alcoholics (in "Vicious Circle" and "The Refugee"), junkies ("Northcoast"), low-grade ex-cons ("The Cowboy"), embezzlers ("Old Friends"), disconnected fathers ("The Zombie" and "Aliens"), and lackluster ordinary men. In the title story, an unnamed smalltimer sets out on a business trip down the winding Gallatin Canyon, Mont., road with his girlfriend, Louise. He conducts his business dealings with phony bluster and indecision, humiliating himself in the eyes of this woman he hopes to marry; things get worse from there. Any attempts these characters make to draw happiness back into their lives backfires clumsily, pushing it further from their grasp.

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