The Cadence of Grass: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) - Tapa blanda

"[D]arkly fiendish, wildly unsettling, and viciously good." -Men's Journal

"A hearty welcome home. . .a tale of betrayal, revenge and spousal loathing. . .[that] rollicks along on the legs of its comic characters."-Outside

"Beautifully turned....a surprising, affecting mix of bitterness and delicacy." -Entertainment Weekly

"McGuane's sentences are like no one else's, crisp and spare, yet somehow baroque, and he perpetually balances the picaresque against the sublime."--The New Yorker

"McGuane has struck a perfect balance. . .between his large cast of beautifully drawn and memorable characters and the animals they raise and work and love."--Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune

"A fine, quirky, funny, startling novel . . . with witty dialogue and hilarious moments and sudden violence and awful betrayals."--Miami Herald

"McGuane is a terrific writer, a great chronicler of the vanishing West."--The Orlando Sentinel

"There is a raw exuberance to this hard-edged novel. . . . McGuane proves that he is still an accomplished cowpuncher with words."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"McGuane's unflagging invention is consistently engaging. . . . He is remarkably attuned to the psychological discomfort and indirect jousting underlying routine social interactions, and his language is rich, varied and effortless."--The San Diego Union-Tribune

"When McGuane dissects his characters to their squirming core, The Cadence of Grass is downright hilarious."--St. Petersburg Times

"The plot . . . unfolds with McGuane's characteristic wit and delight in the absurd. . . . His voice gets truer every time." --The Plain Dealer

"One of our most readable and accomplished writers. . . .Consistently entertaining." -Rocky Mountain News

"A complex and dark novel in which detailed rendering of psychological landscapes creates a fascinating portrait of the suffering heart of an old and perhaps dying way of life."--The Globe & Mail, Toronto

"There is an earthy and comedic magic about this expansive story within the expanse of the Western plains."--Deseret News

"McGuane portrays an American West that is vivid and alive, writing crackling dialogue with an eye for the ridiculous."--The Boston Phoenix

The daughter of late Whitelaw patriarch Sunny Jim finds herself bound by his will to a marriage with a man she no longer loves, as she is drawn to a simpler life as exemplified by the Whitelaw's ranch manager, Bill Champion.