Did Anna come up there with her children because she knew Angus would be there, or in spite of it? When she agreed to see the dawn with Angus, was she agreeing to something more?ģ. Why does Angus say that the band of sheep grazing on the rented Blackfeet reservation land was for Varick's benefit "in the eventual"? Why is Rob helping with the shearing up there?Ģ. Abbott ~ The New York Times Book Reviewġ. Doig addresses his real subject: love between friends, between the sexes, between the generations.His is a prose as tight as a new thread and as special as handmade candy.Dancing at the Rascal Fair races with real vigor and wit and passion." Lee K. "Against this masterfully evoked backdrop. It is a story rich in detail, recounted in language that rings true, from the Scottish lilt of Lucas Barclay to the laconic speech of Stanley Meixell above all, it is a story filled with “those word rainbows called poems.” (Barnes & Noble) Ivan Doig's supple tale of landseekers unfolds into a fateful contest of the heart between Anna Ramsay and Angus McCaskill, walled apart by their obligations as they and their stormy kith and kin vie to tame the brutal, beautiful Two Medicine country. Dancing at the Rascal Fair is an authentic saga of the American experience at the turn of this century and a passionate, portrayal of the immigrants who dared to try new lives in the imposing Rocky Mountains.
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