Something to Be Desired by Thomas McGuane [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1985 • Vintage Contemporaries

Something to Be Desired by Thomas McGuane

FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING [1985] VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES

Scarce First Vintage Contemporaries printing featuring their iconic signature mid-80's art-deco cover style.   

Vintage trade paperback in very good reading condition.

Solid reading copy with some wear and slight curling to wraps. 

Pages read nicely with some tanning.  *Small spot stain to edge of rear cover and last 2 pages. (see photos)

A funny, rueful, and beautifully rendered portrait of American manhood on the rocks from the highly acclaimed author of Cloudbursts and Ninety-two in the Shade

In life Lucien Taylor has made several mistakes, but the two most grievous are as leaving his wife and son to take up with his old flame, Emily; and putting up Emily's bail when she is arrested for murder. The upshot is that Lucien is left stranded in Montana, with a malodorous hot spring and a squandered sense of purpose.

As told by Thomas McGuane, Lucien's attempt to recoup his losses makes for a book that says volumes about the lives of dogs and falcons, the yearnings of sons for fathers, and the skeptical truce that men and women sometimes reach when they get tired of fighting.