Ninety-Two in the Shade - (Vintage Contemporaries) by Thomas McGuane (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Set in Key West--the nation's extreme limit--this is the story of a man seeking refuge from a world of drug addiction by becoming a skiff guide for tourists--even though a tough competitor threatens to kill him.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Tiring of the company of junkies and burn-outs, Thomas Skelton goes home to Key West to take up a more wholesome life. But things fester in America's utter South. And Skelton's plans to become a skiff guide in the shining blue subtropical waters place him on a collision course with Nichol Dance, who has risen to the crest of the profession by dint of infallible instincts and a reputation for homicide. Out of their deadly rivalry, Thomas McGuane has constructed a novel with the impetus of a thriller and the heartbroken humor that is his distinct contribution to American prose.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Full of surprises and rewards and an exhilaration one feels only rarely.... I offer a gentle exhortation -- please read this book. - <i>Newsday</i> <p/>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. --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>McGuane's sense of place, his harsh and delicate exactness of detail are at their keenest. --<i>Newsweek</i> <p/>Few writers have explored our national malaise as persistently -- or as elegantly -- as Thomas McGuane, a writer whose command of the language has helped define our American loneliness. --<i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Thomas McGuane lives in McLeod, Montana. 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.</p>
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