The bushwhacked piano - thomas mcguane

The unforgettable story of a hero who goes from Michigan to Montana on a demented mission of courtship--from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts , a writer of the first magnitude.

The preternatural force, grace, and self-control of his prose recall Faulkner ( The New York Times Book Review ).

As a citizen, Nicholas Payne is not in the least solid.

As a boyfriend, he is nothing short of disastrous, and his latest flame, the patrician Ann Fitzgerald, has done a wise thing by dropping him.

But Ann isnt counting on Nicholass wild persistence, or on the slapstick lyricism of Thomas McGuane--highlights include a ride on a homicidal bronco and an apprenticeship to the inventor of the worlds first highrise for bats.

The result is a tour de force of American Dubious.