The stories of <strong>Gallatin Canyon</strong> are rich in the wit compassion and matchlesslanguage for which Thomas McGuane is celebrated. Place exerts the po... » 

The stories of Gallatin Canyon are rich in the wit compassion and matchlesslanguage for which Thomas McGuane is celebrated. Place exerts the power ofdestiny in these tales a boy makes a surprising discovery skating at night onLake Michigan an Irish clan in Massachusetts gather around their dyingmatriarch a battered survivor of the glory days of Key West washes up on othershores. Several of the stories unfold in Big Sky country a father tries to buyhis adult sons way out of virginity a convict turns cowhand on a ranch acouple makes a fateful drive through a perilous gorge. McGuanes people areseekers beguiled by the lands beauty and myth compelled by the fantasy ofwhat a locale can offer forced to reconcile dream and truth. «