A collection of thirteen stories of great range, verve, and humor from the highly acclaimed author of
Cloudbursts
and
Ninety-two in the Shade
Thomas McGuane's first short story collection is "a cornucopia of McGuane's grace, humor, gusto, and smarts" (
Philadelphia Inquirer
), and McGuane is a writer who "makes the page, the paragraph, the sentence itself a record of continuous imaginative activity.... [He is] an important as well as a brilliant novelist" (
The New York Times Book Review
). Includes the stories:
- The Millionaire
- A Man in Louisiana
- Like a Leaf
- Dogs
- A Skirmish
- Two Hours to Kill
- The Rescue
- Sportsmen
- Little Extras
- Partners
- The Road Atlas
- Flight
- To Skin a Cat