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Crow fair : stories / Thomas McGuane.

by McGuane, Thomas.

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Alfred A. Knopf, c2015.

267 p. ; 22 cm.

Weight Watchers -- The house on Sand Creek -- Grandma and me -- Hubcaps -- On a dirt road -- A long view to the West -- The casserole -- Motherlode -- An old man who liked to fish -- Prairie girl -- The good samaritan -- Stars -- Shaman -- Canyon Ferry -- River camp -- Lake story -- Crow Fair.

"As his mother's dementia worsens, a devoted, favored son is shocked to learn of his mother's past; a father's meager outdoor skills are no match for a terrifying turn in the weather; old friends holding too many grudges go camping and hire a suicidal guide with too many rules. In several stories, unlikely alliances form: an eccentric neighbor who babysits for a busy, unstable couple becomes overly attached; an accomplished cattle geneticist gets sidetracked by the glamour of a stranger's easy money; an injured ranch owner is charmed by his hired help -- and becomes collateral damage in a classic art world heist. In all, the acuity of McGuane's darkly comic vision is surpassed only by the compassion he manifests for even the rascalliest of his creatures."--Publisher.

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