Book description
Patrick F. McManus's gently comic stories about outdoor life have
earned him millions of fans worldwide. With
Kerplunk!
, McManus delivers a collection of folksy, wonderfully wise depictions
of country life worthy of Mark Twain.
In these tall tales, McManus and his buddies learn how not to net a
fish, why you should never get your hair cut by someone who's mad at
you, what to do when a deer wanders into camp but your sleeping bag
has frozen shut, and how to avoid bird-dog flatulence.
Traveling the highways and byways of the Pacific Northwest, the
delightful backcountry characters of Kerplunk! understand how a
life of hunting and fishing -- and its inherent potential for
misadventure -- can resonate with larger meaning. McManus's characters
know exactly why it costs 0 to make a fly lure that retails for ; why
installing a boat trailer hookup can lead to divorce; and, most
important, why you should always listen for the sound of your fishing
line hitting the water -- because in life as it is in fishing, you
don't know you're in the water until you hear the kerplunk!
These wry, curmudgeonly tales appeal to real outdoorsmen and the
armchair variety alike. Often nostalgic, occasionally philosophical,
and always funny, the stories in Kerplunk! reaffirm Patrick F.
McManus's reputation as an American classic.
Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer,
humorist, and longtime columnist for Outdoor Life and Field
& Stream. His most recent Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries
are The Double-Jack Murders and Avalanche. He is the
author of many other books, including such runaway New York
Times bestsellers as The Grasshopper Trap, The Night the
Bear Ate Goombaw, and Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! He lives
in Spokane, Washington.
