Nothing But Blue Skies - (Vintage Contemporaries) by Thomas McGuane (Paperback)

About the Book

This high-spirited new novel by the author of The Bushwhacked Piano chronicles the fall and rise of Frank Copenhaver, a man so unhinged by his wife's departure that he finds himself falling in love with the wrong women and prowling his neighborhood, desperate for the merest glimpse of normalcy.

Book Synopsis

A ruefully funny novel of embattled manhood, set in Big Sky Country--by the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts, with writing "so dazzlingly acute and seemingly effortless that it infuses Nothing but Blue Skies with exuberance and wit."--Chicago Tribune

This high-spirited and fiercely lyrical novel chronicles the fall and rise of Frank Copenhaver, a man so unhinged by his wife's departure that he finds himself ruining his business, falling in love with the wrong women, and wandering the lawns of his neighborhood, desperate for the merest glimpse of normalcy. The result is a Montana where cowboys slug it out with speculators, a cattleman's best friend may be his insurance broker, and love and fishing are the only consolations that last.

"Vibrant with the pleasures of ironic language, play and chase, and quick with broken-hearted humor."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

Review Quotes

"Vibrant with the pleasures of ironic language, play and chase, and quick with broken-hearted humor... I've never been so moved to admire [McGuane's] work as in this story." --Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Nothing but Blue Skies is nothing but enjoyable." --San Francisco Chronicle

"McGuane's prose is so dazzlingly acute and seemingly effortless that it infuses Nothing but Blue Skies with exuberance and wit." --Chicago Tribune

About the Author

THOMAS McGUANE lives on a ranch in McLeod, Montana. He is the author of ten novels, including the National Book Award-nominated Ninety-two in the Shade, three works of nonfiction, and four collections of stories. His work has won numerous awards, including the Rosenthal Award of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and has been anthologized in the Best American Stories, Best American Essays, and Best American Sporting Essays.