Keep the Change (Vintage Contemporaries)

This brilliant story of one man's struggle to change his life, from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts, is "full of wry wit and graceful depictions of family relations, first love and the stark beauty of the Montana prairie" (Wall Street Journal) . 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