Never Sniff a Gift Fish

Patrick F. McManus

1984年9月 · Macmillan + ORM

关于此电子书

This collection of humorous essays from an outdoor life columnist are "amusing even for those who'd never dream of lifting rod or rifle" ( Kirkus Reviews) .

From the author of They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? and other celebrations of life in the wild, a collection of wry, tongue-in-cheek tales of life in the great outdoors captures the whimsical trials and tribulations of hunting, fishing, and camping.

"Everybody should read Patrick McManus." ― The New York Times Book Review

"Patrick McManus is a treasure." ― The Atlantic

"A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor." ― People

"The funniest writer around today." ― Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"McManus captures the innocence most of us lose when we become grown-up, and reading him you can't help recalling similar times and events in your own life." ― Booklist

作者简介

Patrick F. McManus (1933-2018) is the author of novels, plays, and more than a dozen collections of his humor columns from Outdoor Life and other magazines. There are nearly two million copies of his book in print, including his bestselling T he Shoot Canoes, Don't They?; The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw; and A Fine and Pleasant Misery.