Ninety-Two in the Shade
- ISBN-10
- 146685829X
- ISBN-13
- 9781466858299
- Series
- Ninety-Two in the Shade
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-03-31
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Author
- Thomas McGuane
Description
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. "Full of surprises and rewards and an exhilaration one feels only rarely." Newsweek on Ninety-Two in the Shade.
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