"Place exerts the power of destiny in these tales: a boy makes a surprising discovery skating at night on Lake Michigan; an Irish clan in Massachusetts gathers around their dying matriarch; a battered survivor of the glory days of Key West washes up on other shores. Several of the stories unfold in Big Sky country: a father tries to buy his adult son's way out of virginity; a convict turns cowhand on a ranch; a couple makes a fateful drive through a perilous gorge. McGuane's people are seekers, beguiled by the land's beauty and myth, compelled by the fantasy of what a locale can offer, forced to reconcile dream and truth."@en
"Recueil de nouvelles présentant une série de portraits d'êtres attachants malgré leurs faiblesses : alcoolique ou solitaire, ce sont des images d'hommes en déroute."
"Ten short stories capture the world of characters whose lives are transformed by the places surrounding them, from a boy who makes a startling discovery during a nighttime skating excursion to an ex-convict who finds refuge at a Big Sky country ranch."
"Ten short stories capture the world of characters whose lives are transformed by the places surrounding them, from a boy who makes a startling discovery during a nighttime skating excursion to an ex-convict who finds refuge at a Big Sky country ranch."@en