Keep the Change | Ideas for Group Discussions
Discussion of this novel will be successful to the degree that it grants a depth of complexity not usually accorded to the discussion of a specifically "male" posture in American society — whether taken in relation to the female or not. A movement past cliché is therefore in order; perhaps an attention to McGuane's portrayal of the limits of artistic sensibility is the best starting point.
1. To what extent is Sonny Starling's conversion to cold-hearted banker a betrayal of the independent, self-reliant ethic of the American West? What is the significance of Joe's dreams...
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