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Crow fair : stories
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- ISBN: 9780385350204
- ISBN: 0385350201
- ISBN: 9780385350198
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource. - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
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| Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 19, 2014). |
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| Subject: | Short stories, American FICTION / General Short stories, American FICTION/Family Life FICTION/Humorous FICTION/Short Stories (single author) Short stories |
| Genre: | Electronic books. Downloadable e-Books |
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"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"--
