num_pages: 197
description: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • A stunning novel about a deadly rivalry in Key West from the acclaimed author of Cloudbursts . McGuane has constructed a novel with the impetus of a thriller and the heartbroken humor that is his distinct contribution to American prose.Tiring of the company of junkies and burn-outs, Thomas Skelton goes home to Key West to take up a more wholesome life. But things fester in America's utter South. And Skelton's plans to become a skiff guide in the shining blue subtropical waters place him on a collision course with Nichol Dance, who has risen to the crest of the profession by dint of infallible instincts and a reputation for homicide."Thomas McGuane makes the page, the paragraph, the sentence itself a record of continuous imaginative activity.... He is an important as well as a brilliant novelist." — The New York Times Book Review
language: English
title: Ninety-two in the Shade
titlecomplete: Ninety-two in the Shade
genres: American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Noir, Classics, The United States Of America, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 1516
places: Key West, Florida
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage