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To Skin a Cat
Thomas McGuane's first short story collection; 13 stories of great range, verve and humor.
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
October 12th 1987
by Vintage
(first published 1986)
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McGuane, Thomas. TO SKIN A CAT. (1986). ****. This was McGuane’s first collection of short stories, culled from a variety of publications. There are thirteen of them, and, aside from the title story, they are generally only a few pages long. McGuane is a slick writer, and the stories demonstrate his slickness. They don’t fall into any specific category, but cover the gamut of subjects from everyday people to those with some obvious social problems. They are set in either Montana or Ohio,...more
Tim
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My first introduction to Mcguane, it is a collection of short stories. Most were interesting reading but sometimes with a hard to interpret twist. "To Skin a Cat" was the most lengthy of all and by far the most entertaining read.
as a collection I would give this book a 3 star rating, but there are a couple of specific stories - "dogs" and "flight" that are simply so moving and well written that it makes picking up the whole collection extremely worth it.
I've read some of McGuane's earlier work (60s-70s) and found it over written. By the 80s he seemed to mellow out a bit. I really enjoyed the short stories in here.
I had high hopes for this book, but it disappointed. Maybe his 'Gallitan Canyon' will be better...
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I've heard a lot about this guy. Any recommendations?
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