Joe Starling, a man teetering on the edge of spectacular failures--as an artist, rancher, lover, and human being--is also a man of noble ambitions. His struggle to right himself is mesmerizing, hilarious, and profoundly moving.
"No American novelist provides greater pleasure--sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, page by page--than this Montana icon." --Chicago Sun-Times
"No American novelist provides greater pleasure--sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, page by page--than this Montana icon." --Chicago Sun-Times