Crow Fair: Stories (Audiobook)

from Hagelstein

A fine collection of stories, many featuring men that are found wanting, both in their eyes and in the eyes of others. In the title story, two brothers find their own ways to deal with the revelation that their mother had an extramarital fling with an Indian. In "Hubcaps" a young boy encounters c...

from ProfH

My first experience reading McGuane and I'm a new fan! The collection is dark, cynical, and really funny at times. I enjoyed the Montana backdrop, but the observations about our frailty, psychology, and relationships could have worked anywhere. Some stories are stronger than others. The strongest...

from knittingmomof3

Crow Fair by Thomas McGuane is a work of beautifully written literary works of short fiction, each story is set in Big Sky country, and yet while family and friendships appears to be the central theme, each story, there are seventeen in all, are quite different and yet all the stories draw the re...

from bibleblaster

Have to admit, I've started a few of McGuane's novels in the past and didn't get very far. This may have had more to do with timing than with McGuane's writing. Reading this collection of stories makes me want to read more. These are realistic, unsparing yet compassionate tales about human relati...

from zmagic69

Thomas McGuane's writing is always fantastic. As with all short story collections some stores are better than others, but nearly every story in this book was classic McGuane.