-
The Cadence of Grass
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 12-20-11
- Language: English
- Publisher: Audible Studios
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $17.95
People who bought this also bought...
-
Cloudbursts
- Collected and New Stories
- By: Thomas McGuane
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 5
For more than four decades, Thomas McGuane has been heralded as an unrivaled master of the short story. Now the arc of that achievement appears in one definitive volume. Set in the seedy corners of Key West, the remote shore towns of the Bahamas, and McGuane's hallmark Big Sky country, with its vast and unforgiving landscape, these are stories of people on the fringes of society, whose twisted pasts meddle with their chances for companionship.
-
Crow Fair
- Stories
- By: Thomas McGuane
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 22
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 21
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 21
Set in Thomas McGuane's accustomed Big Sky country, with its mesmeric powers, these stories attest to the generous compass of his fellow feeling as well as to his unique way with words and the comic genius that has inspired comparison with Twain and Gogol.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
He's grinnin' like a mule eating cactus....
- By W Perry Hall on 01-30-16
-
Driving on the Rim
- By: Thomas McGuane
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 36
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 24
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 23
The unforgettable voyager of this dark picaresque is I. B. "Berl" Pickett, M.D., whose die was probably cast the moment his mother thought to name him after Irving Berlin. Other insults piled on apace thereafter: the spasms of Pentecostal Sunday worship; the social debilitation of following his parents' itinerant rug-shampooing business; the erotic initiation at the hands of his aunt. It's hard to imagine what would have become of him had he not gone to medical school.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Delightful
- By Roy on 01-05-11
-
Nothing but Blue Skies
- By: Thomas McGuane
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 15
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 14
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 14
Thomas McGuane's high-spirited and fiercely lyrical new 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.
-
Ninety-Two in the Shade
- By: Thomas McGuane
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Tiring of the company of junkies and burnouts, Thomas Skelton goes home to Key West to take up a more wholesome life. But things fester in America's utter South. And Skelton's plans to become a skiff guide in the shining blue subtropical waters place him on a collision course with Nichol Dance, who has risen to the crest of the profession by dint of infallible instincts and a reputation for homicide.
-
A Really Big Lunch
- By: Jim Harrison, Mario Batali - introduction
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Jim Harrison's legendary gourmandise is on full display in A Really Big Lunch. From the titular New Yorker piece about a French lunch that went to 37 courses to pieces from Brick, Playboy, Kermit Lynch's newsletter, and others; from the relationship between hunter and prey to the obscure language of wine reviews, A Really Big Lunch is shot through with Harrison's pointed aperçus and keen delight in the pleasures of the senses. And between the lines, the pieces give glimpses of Harrison's life.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Thank you Jim Harrison . . . RIP . . .
- By BigLaggonBill on 07-04-17
-
Cloudbursts
- Collected and New Stories
- By: Thomas McGuane
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 6
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 5
For more than four decades, Thomas McGuane has been heralded as an unrivaled master of the short story. Now the arc of that achievement appears in one definitive volume. Set in the seedy corners of Key West, the remote shore towns of the Bahamas, and McGuane's hallmark Big Sky country, with its vast and unforgiving landscape, these are stories of people on the fringes of society, whose twisted pasts meddle with their chances for companionship.
-
Crow Fair
- Stories
- By: Thomas McGuane
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 22
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 21
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 21
Set in Thomas McGuane's accustomed Big Sky country, with its mesmeric powers, these stories attest to the generous compass of his fellow feeling as well as to his unique way with words and the comic genius that has inspired comparison with Twain and Gogol.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
He's grinnin' like a mule eating cactus....
- By W Perry Hall on 01-30-16
-
Driving on the Rim
- By: Thomas McGuane
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars 36
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars 24
-
Story4 out of 5 stars 23
The unforgettable voyager of this dark picaresque is I. B. "Berl" Pickett, M.D., whose die was probably cast the moment his mother thought to name him after Irving Berlin. Other insults piled on apace thereafter: the spasms of Pentecostal Sunday worship; the social debilitation of following his parents' itinerant rug-shampooing business; the erotic initiation at the hands of his aunt. It's hard to imagine what would have become of him had he not gone to medical school.
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
Delightful
- By Roy on 01-05-11
-
Nothing but Blue Skies
- By: Thomas McGuane
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 15
-
Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 14
-
Story3.5 out of 5 stars 14
Thomas McGuane's high-spirited and fiercely lyrical new 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.
-
Ninety-Two in the Shade
- By: Thomas McGuane
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Tiring of the company of junkies and burnouts, Thomas Skelton goes home to Key West to take up a more wholesome life. But things fester in America's utter South. And Skelton's plans to become a skiff guide in the shining blue subtropical waters place him on a collision course with Nichol Dance, who has risen to the crest of the profession by dint of infallible instincts and a reputation for homicide.
-
A Really Big Lunch
- By: Jim Harrison, Mario Batali - introduction
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
-
Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Jim Harrison's legendary gourmandise is on full display in A Really Big Lunch. From the titular New Yorker piece about a French lunch that went to 37 courses to pieces from Brick, Playboy, Kermit Lynch's newsletter, and others; from the relationship between hunter and prey to the obscure language of wine reviews, A Really Big Lunch is shot through with Harrison's pointed aperçus and keen delight in the pleasures of the senses. And between the lines, the pieces give glimpses of Harrison's life.
-
5 out of 5 stars
-
Thank you Jim Harrison . . . RIP . . .
- By BigLaggonBill on 07-04-17
Publisher's Summary
Sunny Jim Whitelaw, a descendent of pioneers and owner of a large bottling plant, may have died, but he has no intention of relinquishing control: his will specifies that no one gets a cent unless his daughter, Evelyn, reconciles with her estranged husband, Paul. But Evelyn is a strong-willed woman, fiercely attached to the land, whose horses transport her to a West she feels is disappearing, while Paul is a suave manipulator, without scruples, intent on living well.
As played out on the majestic stage of Montana cattle country, the ensuing drama involves blood, money, sex, vengeance, and a cross-dressing rancher. The Cadence of Grass is renewed evidence that McGuane is one of the finest writers we have, capable of simultaneously burnishing and demolishing the mythology of the West while doing rope tricks with the English language.
Critic Reviews
More from the same
What members say
Average Customer Ratings
Overall
-
3.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars2
-
4 Stars1
-
3 Stars3
-
2 Stars1
-
1 Stars0
Performance
-
4 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars3
-
4 Stars1
-
3 Stars3
-
2 Stars0
-
1 Stars0
Story
-
3.5 out of 5 stars
-
5 Stars2
-
4 Stars1
-
3 Stars1
-
2 Stars3
-
1 Stars0