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Driving On The Rim (2010)

by Thomas McGuane(Favorite Author)

3.46 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1400041554 (ISBN13: 9781400041558)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Knopf

review 1: Reading a book by Thomas Mcguane is often a time consuming a affair. His writing style is not for situations where there are stimulus or distractions around you as there are usually enough of these in his stories. I do like his books but I need to insert them in between about 100 other books, before I have the fortitude to get through one. Tho,as McGuane books are NOT for people who:1. Are looking for a quick read2. People you want to get from point A to point B in the shortest amount of time.3. People looking for I depth plot.With all this being said I enjoyed reading Driving On The Rim, the author has aged and his writing has followed. This story, about a small time doctor in Livingston Montana who ain't seem to function like anyone around him reminds me of a line from t... morehe Author's real life famous Brother in law Jimmy Buffett who described the song " A Prate Looks at Forty" as being about a man who can't seem to find his occupation in the 20th century, while the book does wind up ending I. The 21st century, it seemed apropos.
review 2: Oh my, oh my. This one sadly goes on the "return" shelf of our library, wherein books we read but didn't think were all that great go back for resale at our local Half Price. There were moments in this that held my interest; but the main protaganist is nearly on the verge of a nervous breakdown the entire novel. The scenes are very disjointed, going back and forth between present and future and parts of it are just mounds of dung to be waded through in order to get to the next teensiest weensiest good part. I stuck it out in hopes that it would get better but it never did, until it ended. I do have to say, the dude finally woke up at the very, very end and married the person he should have all along so there was sorta kinda a happy ending. Slammed this baby shut with a "Whew!!, I finally finished it!" I'd rate it with 1/4 of a star, but it doesn't allow for that, so I'll give it a generous "1" star review. less

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