•Thomas McGuane's first short story collection •Published in 1986 •Hard cover book in great condition •13 stories of great range, verve and humor: A homicidal rancher, tank town socialites, children facing mortality, good men and women frozen by life passing them by, self-aggrandizing cads, publicity hounds, heartbreakers, a young girl confronting motherhood, and the childless old. Each story demands its own approach but the subject remains the human heart under fire.