A Wooded Shore: And Other Stories -- Thomas McGuane, Hardcover

From the award-winning "master of the short story" (The New York Times Book Review)--nine shattering, hilarious tales of men on the outskirts of America, habituating the motels, hot dog stands, and dive bars time forgot, grappling with a world that is swiftly changing, and dreaming of a return to the wooded shores of their youth

In these nine peerless stories, a family boating trip veers into emotional disaster while very narrowly avoiding the physical; a would-be cheater hands over his car--his prized possession--for a shot with a pretty girl; a furniture magnate and his filmmaker daughter visit his impoverished hometown; a doctor's long-ago affair returns with a bitter pill. Crackling with wry humor, shot through with both wisdom and pain, these are stories of grifters and dreamers, of the lovelorn and the lawless, stories of the ongoing dissonance between the lives we want and the lives this world will allow.

Author: Thomas McGuane
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 10/14/2025
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9780385350235

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/14/2025
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2025

About the Author
THOMAS MCGUANE lives on a ranch in McLeod, Montana. He is the author of ten novels, including the National Book Award-nominated Ninety-two in the Shade, three works of nonfiction, and four collections of stories. His work has won numerous awards, including the Rosenthal Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and has been anthologized in The Best American Stories, The Best American Essays, and The Best American Sports Writing.