Nobody’s Angel
Nobody’s Angel by Thomas McGuane is a Vantage Books edition published on November 12, 1986, featuring 240 pages in English. This novel explores the life of Patrick Fitzpatrick, a former soldier and fourth-generation cowboy in Big Sky Country, as he navigates a chaotic existence marked by addiction and familial turmoil. With a backdrop of Montana, the story delves into Patrick’s struggles, including his grandfather’s aspirations to act in movies, his sister’s destructive tendencies, and the challenges posed by his new stallion.
Readers will find a narrative that captures the essence of romantic misadventure and the complexities of life in the American West. The book presents a vivid portrayal of characters in crisis, each demanding Patrick’s attention while he grapples with his own spiraling life. Through its exploration of themes such as addiction and familial relationships, Nobody’s Angel offers a unique perspective on the challenges faced by individuals in a rapidly changing world.
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A novel about a former soldier in Big Sky Country whose life is spiraling out of control, from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts, who is “among the most arresting and fascinating [writers] of his generation” (San Francisco Chronicle).
In McGuane’s first novel set in his famed American West, 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 that is Thomas McGuane’s Montana. Nowhere has McGuane mapped that territory more precisely—or with such tenderhearted lunacy—than in Nobody’s Angel, a novel that places him in a genre of his own.
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