Ninety-Two in the Shade (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas McGuane
- First Published: 1973
- Type of Plot: Comic realism
- Time of Work: The late 1960’s
- Setting: Key West, Florida
- Principal Characters: Thomas Skelton, Nichol Dance, Faron Carter, Miranda Cole, Skelton’s mother, Skelton’s father, Goldsboro Skelton
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, Power, personal or social, Florida, Popular culture, Fishing or fishermen, Satire
- Locales: Florida, Key West, FL
The Novel
Just before the halfway point of the novel, Nichol Dance vows to shoot Thomas Skelton if he attempts to compete with the two established guides of Key West, Dance himself and Faron Carter. He communicates this vow in a face-to-face confrontation, yet Skelton continues with his plan. As a result, the plot and the basis for the reader’s interest are extremely simple. The two men seem headed for an ultimate, mortal confrontation, neither of them willing to compromise or be deflected from his declared purpose. The sense of violent inevitability is increased by the...
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