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Simon & Schuster
October 2008
On Sale: September 30, 2008
240 pages
ISBN: 0743280504
EAN: 9780743280501
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Patrick F. McManus's gently comic stories about outdoor life
have earned him millions of fans worldwide. With
Kerplunk!, McManus delivers a collection of folksy,
wonderfully wise depictions of country life worthy of Mark
Twain. In these tall tales, McManus and his buddies learn
how not to net a fish, why you should never get your hair
cut by someone who's mad at you, what to do when a deer
wanders into camp but your sleeping bag has frozen shut, and
how to avoid bird-dog flatulence. Traveling the highways
and byways of the Pacific Northwest, the delightful
backcountry characters of Kerplunk! understand how a
life of hunting and fishing -- and its inherent potential
for misadventure -- can resonate with larger meaning.
McManus's characters know exactly why it costs $500 to make
a fly lure that retails for $2; why installing a boat
trailer hookup can lead to divorce; and, most important, why
you should always listen for the sound of your fishing line
hitting the water -- because in life as it is in fishing,
you don't know you're in the water until you hear the
kerplunk! These wry, curmudgeonly tales appeal to real
outdoorsmen and the armchair variety alike. Often nostalgic,
occasionally philosophical, and always funny, the stories in
Kerplunk! reaffirm Patrick F. McManus's reputation as
an American classic.
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