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From the publisher

From the highly acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts comes a collection of alternately playful and exquisite essays--including seven collected here for the first time--borne of a lifetime spent fishing.

"Thomas McGuane writes about fishing better than anyone else in the history of mankind." --Jim Harrison, New York Times bestselling author of Legends of the Fall

The forty extraordinary pieces in The Longest Silence take the reader from the tarpon of Florida to the salmon of Iceland, from the bonefish of Mexico to the trout of Montana. They introduce characters as varied as a highly literate Canadian frontiersman and a devoutly Mormon river guide and address issues ranging from the esoteric art of tying flies to the enduring philosophy of a seventeenth-century angler to the trials of the aging fisherman.

Both reverent and hilarious by turns, and infused with a deep experience of wildlife and the outdoors, The Longest Silence sets the heart pounding for a glimpse of moving water and demonstrates what dedication to sport reveals about life.

Details

Title The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing
Author Thomas McGuane
Binding Paperback
Pages 384
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Vintage
Publication date 2019-02-12
ISBN 9780525565307 / 0525565302
Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 2.29 cm)
Category Sports & Recreation
Library of Congress subjects Fishing
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2019301380
Dewey Decimal Code 799.1

About the author

THOMAS McGUANE lives on a ranch in McLeod, Montana. He is the author of ten novels, including the National Book Award-nominated Ninety-two in the Shade, three works of nonfiction, and four collections of stories. His 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 Best American Stories, Best American Essays, and Best American Sporting Essays.