Thomas McGuane

Thomas McGuane (born December 11, 1939, Wyandotte, Michigan, U.S.) is an American author noted for his picaresque novels of violent action set amid rural landscapes. McGuane attended the University of Michigan, Olivet (Michigan) College, Michigan State University (B.A., 1962), Yale University (M.F.A., 1965), and Stanford University. McGuane’s first three novels—The Sporting Club (1969), The Bushwhacked Piano (1971), and Ninety-two in the Shade (1973)—present the central plot and theme of his early fiction: a man, usually...