Frank Copenhaver is not having a good season. His wife left him (for reasons that never really become clarified), his college-age daughter has taken up with a man more than twice her age, and Frank's many business interests are falling apart in the face of his current indifference.
McGuane uses this setup to follow his character as he wanders through a lovingly-described Montana landscape, drinking, fornicating, fishing, stealing the occasional vehicle, and making several stabs at a reconciliation with his wife. Parts of this feckless hero's physical and mental meanderings are amusing, but overall there's not much plot, and some readers may find it a chore to get through it all.
By page 306, when Frank considers the idea that ânothing really was importantâ, those readers are apt to say to themselves â âYou're just now figuring that out?â
McGuane uses this setup to follow his character as he wanders through a lovingly-described Montana landscape, drinking, fornicating, fishing, stealing the occasional vehicle, and making several stabs at a reconciliation with his wife. Parts of this feckless hero's physical and mental meanderings are amusing, but overall there's not much plot, and some readers may find it a chore to get through it all.
By page 306, when Frank considers the idea that ânothing really was importantâ, those readers are apt to say to themselves â âYou're just now figuring that out?â
I really loved this book. Very dry, tongue-in-cheek humor that made me laugh out loud. You don't see the funny stuff coming and it bowls you over.
It isn't a well known book and it should be!
I don't mean to imply that it is a laugh a minute, no, it is a good story and every once in a while..very funny.
It isn't a well known book and it should be!
I don't mean to imply that it is a laugh a minute, no, it is a good story and every once in a while..very funny.
