{"product_id":"9780684831053","title":"Dancing at the Rascal Fair","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDancing at the Rascal Fair\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ivan Doig\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe central volume in Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana trilogy, \u003ci\u003eDancing at the Rascal Fair\u003c\/i\u003e is an authentic saga of the American experience at the turn of this century and a passionate, portrayal of the immigrants who dared to try new lives in the imposing Rocky Mountains. \u003cbr\u003e Ivan Doig's supple tale of landseekers unfolds into a fateful contest of the heart between Anna Ramsay and Angus McCaskill, walled apart by their obligations as they and their stormy kith and kin vie to tame the brutal, beautiful Two Medicine country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eMichael Dorris \u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e Magnificent....\u003ci\u003eDancing at the Rascal Fair\u003c\/i\u003e further establishes its author in the front ranks of contemporary American wrriters.\u003cbr\u003eHenry Kaisor \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e Doig's prose is so muscular and sculpted, so simple and purposeful that I can think only of Edward Hoagland and Wallace Stegner as Doig's equals.\u003cbr\u003eLee K. Abbott \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Against this masterfully evoked backdrop. Mr. Doig addresses his real subject: love between friends, between the sexes, between the generations....His is a prose as tight as a new thread and as special as handmade candy....\u003ci\u003eDancing at the Rascal Fair\u003c\/i\u003e races with real vigor and wit and passion.\u003cbr\u003ePamela Guillard \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Dazzling...I find myself filled With such high praise for this book that instead of relating paltry bits of it, I want to quote the whole glorious thing....Doig plunges right in and, while giving us a gorgeous story, simultaneously peels that tale back to expose, the nubbins of human despair -- injustice, failure, and that incalculable restlessness exemplifled by the immigrant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780684831053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40936484110542,"sku":"9780684831053","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_372ac24a-6463-45f6-abdb-dd8ff06a1a17.jpg?v=1645822508","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780684831053","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}