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Nothing but Blue Skies door Thomas McGuane
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Nothing but Blue Skies (origineel 1992; editie 1994)

door Thomas McGuane (Auteur)

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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.… (meer)
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Titel:Nothing but Blue Skies
Auteurs:Thomas McGuane (Auteur)
Info:Vintage (1994), Edition: Reprint, 368 pages
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Trefwoorden:Thomas McGuane, McGuane, novel, American novel, fiction, American fiction, literature, American literature, eighty-one

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Nothing but Blue Skies door Thomas McGuane (1992)

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Frank Copenhaver is not having a good season. His wife left him (for reasons that never really become clarified), his college-age daughter has taken up with a man more than twice her age, and Frank’s many business interests are falling apart in the face of his current indifference.

McGuane uses this setup to follow his character as he wanders through a lovingly-described Montana landscape, drinking, fornicating, fishing, stealing the occasional vehicle, and making several stabs at a reconciliation with his wife. Parts of this feckless hero’s physical and mental meanderings are amusing, but overall there’s not much plot, and some readers may find it a chore to get through it all.

By page 306, when Frank considers the idea that “nothing really was important”, those readers are apt to say to themselves – “You’re just now figuring that out?” ( )
  LyndaInOregon | Aug 14, 2020 |
To enjoy this book it helps to be a male and in your middle years. That being said, like most Thomas McGaune books, Nothing But Blue Skies, is the type of book you enjoy and savor, rather than plow through. The main character-Frank is coming apart at the seams. He is separated from his wife, not sure what is going on with his daughter, sleeping with every equally loose woman he can find, all the while his many business interests are all turning to shit. You can't help but root for things to turn out positive for Frank, even though things mostly don't. ( )
  zmagic69 | Apr 18, 2015 |
I remember reading this while I was going through a divorce and it was the perfect book for that tumultuous time in my life. ( )
  hayduke | Apr 3, 2013 |
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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.

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