From the rear cover
In life Lucien Taylor has made several mistakes, but the two most grievous are as follows: leaving his wife and son to take up with his old flame, Emily; and putting up Emily's bail when she is arrested for murder. The upshot is that Lucien is left stranded in Montana, with a malodorous hot spring and a squandered sense of purpose. As told by Thomas McGuane, Lucien's attempt to recoup his losses makes for a funny, rueful, and beautifully rendered portrait of American manhood on the rocks-a book that says volumes about the lives of dogs and falcons, the yearnings of sons for fathers, and the skeptical truce that men and women sometimes reach when they get tired of fighting.
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A physical novel in which Lucien Taylor, a native son of Montana, embarks on a half-witted, half-unwilling journey into self-discovery.
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- Title Something to Be Desired
- Author Thomas McGuane
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Vintage Bo
- Pages 188
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York
- Date 1985-04-12
- ISBN 9780394731568 / 0394731565
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.66 x 5.5 x 0.45 in (22.00 x 13.97 x 1.14 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Plains
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Painters - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 84027124
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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