Gallatin Canyon: Stories

Gallatin Canyon: Stories

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A superb collection of stories—his first in twenty years—from one of our most acclaimed literary figures, whom <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> has called “a writer of the first magnitude.”<br><br>            Place exerts the power of destiny in these ten stories of lives uncannily recognizable and unforgettably strange:  a boy makes a surprising discovery skating at night on Lake Michigan; an Irish clan in Massachusetts gather at the bedside of 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, 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. 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>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.