{"product_id":"ninetytwo-in-the-shade-isbn-9780679752899","title":"Ninety-two in the Shade","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL   BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • A stunning novel about a deadly rivalry in Key West from   the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eCloudbursts\u003c\/i\u003e. McGuane has constructed a novel with the impetus of a thriller   and the heartbroken humor that is his distinct contribution to American   prose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tiring of the company of junkies and burn-outs, Thomas Skelton goes home to   Key West to take up a more wholesome life. But things fester in America's   utter South. And Skelton's plans to become a skiff guide in the shining blue   subtropical waters place him on a collision course with Nichol Dance, who has   risen to the crest of the profession by dint of infallible instincts and a   reputation for homicide. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Thomas McGuane makes the page, the   paragraph, the sentence itself a record of continuous imaginative   activity.... He is an important as well as a brilliant novelist.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\"A   fine novel by an extraordinarily gifted writer.... His prose is vivid,   ironic, filled with surprising and revealing insights.\" —\u003ci\u003eWashington Post   Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Full of surprises and rewards and an exhilaration one feels only rarely....   I offer a gentle exhortation—please read this book.\" —\u003ci\u003eNewsday \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Thomas McGuane makes the page, the paragraph, the sentence itself a   record of continuous imaginative activity.... He is an important as well as a   brilliant novelist.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"McGuane's sense of place, his harsh and delicate exactness of detail   are at their keenest.\" —\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Few writers have explored our national malaise as persistently—or as   elegantly—as Thomas McGuane, a writer whose command of the language has   helped define our American loneliness.\" —\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003eTHOMAS McGUANE lives on a ranch in McLeod, Montana. He is the author of ten novels, including the National Book Award-nominated \u003ci\u003eNinety-two in the Shade\u003c\/i\u003e, three works of nonfiction, and four collections of stories\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHis work has won numerous awards, including the Rosenthal Award of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and has been anthologized in the \u003ci\u003eBest American Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Sporting Essays\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302458216677,"sku":"NP9780679752899","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679752899.jpg?v=1767733764","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ninetytwo-in-the-shade-isbn-9780679752899","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}