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The Bushwhacked Piano

by Thomas McGuane · 1971

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Imagine:

(1) A bona-fide American freak tooling across country in a green Hudson Hornet hotly pursuing (2) a darling little millionairess who thirsts for "real experience" (3) teamed up with a double amputee, the world's fastest talking con man with a scheme to build bat towers for day-glo bats that can rid any area of insects "practically overnight." And you'll understand why The Bushwhacked Pianohas been acclaimed from reviewer to reviewer!

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisKey WestKey WestMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 228 pages

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