Томас Макгуэйн - автор 4 книг. Из известных произведений можно выделить: Шандарахнутое пианино, Nobody's Angel, Something to Be Desired. Все книги можно читать онлайн и бесплатно скачивать на нашем портале.
"Шандарахнутое пианино" (1971) - второй роман Макгуэйна, который завоевал престижную награду фонда Ричарда и Хилды Розенталей и принес автору славу великого абсурдиста. Виртуозным языком, играя словами и пересыпая повествование шутками высочайшей пробы, Макгуэйн рассказывает нам историю Николаса Болэна - молодого человека, совсем отбившегося от рук. Роман этот - "дорожная" пикареска, потому что на...
Patrick Fitzpatrick is a former soldier, a fourth-generation cowboy, and a whiskey addict. His grandfather wants to run away to act in movies, his sister wants to burn the house down, and his new stallion is bent on killing him: all of them urgently require attention. But increasingly Patrick himself is spiraling out of control, into that region of romantic misadventure and vanishing possibilities...
In life Lucien Taylor has made several mistakes, but the two most grievous are as follows: 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 m...
Thomas McGuane?s first short story collection; 13 stories of great range, verve and humor.