Nothing but Blue Skies

By: Thomas McGuane

Narrated by: L. J. Ganser

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. The result is a ruefully funny novel of embattled manhood, set in the country that McGuane has made his own: 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.

©1992 Thomas McGuane (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"McGuane has created some uproarious set pieces--Frank's girlfriends joining together for a night raid, a mid-morning barroom brawl, a slapstick episode at a pig show--but he never loses sight of a piercing sadness below the high jinks. His ability to evoke the euphoria of the Great Outdoors is extraordinary; several fishing scenes offer classic epiphanies. And no praise is too high for the fluid, loose-limbed yet precise writing; this is American vernacular fiction at its peak." (Publishers Weekly)

"Funny, sad, deliciously written." (Kirkus Reviews)

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

Wonderful

Classic McGuane! Great story interwoven with vivid flyfishing scenes. Love, sex, tragedy. Great travel book- entertaining and easy to follow.

Existential Crisis - For Boomers

Hippie Montana Boomer has an existential crisis… not much more to it. Not a bad listen, funny at times, but generally lacking substance and meaning.