Dancing at the Rascal Fair

Name: Dancing at the Rascal Fair
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Author: Ivan Doig
ISBN: 9781440790263

Author: Ivan Doig

Series: Montana (Doig) #2

Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie

Unabridged: 19 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/16/2010

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

The central volume in Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana trilogy, 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.

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.

"Against this masterfully evoked backdrop, Mr. 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."
—New York Times Book Review

About Ivan Doig

Ivan Doig (1939-2015) was a third-generation Montanan and the author of sixteen books, including the classic memoir This House of Sky and most recently Last Bus to Wisdom. He was a National Book Award finalist and received the Wallace Stegner Award, among many other honors. Doig lived in Seattle with his wife, Carol. Visit IvanDoig.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on September 29, 2009

Possibly well written, but I'm afraid I was so distracted by the self-involved narrator ("protagonist") and the object of his unrequited love. I have no patience for people/characters whose self-absorption & selfishness causes real unhappiness in those around them. I was utterly disgusted with the m......more

Goodreads review by Seth on May 27, 2011

I was moved by the reflective voice of the narrative. There were many elements that make this a five star book for me. First, the writing is poetic and delicately stated. Second, the history of the setting places the story in a very nostalgic period of American homesteading. I love the setting. For......more

Goodreads review by Linda on June 03, 2012

Like Montana winters, this was way too long. I got bogged down a little halfway through, but I continued because the narrator, Robert Ian Mckenzie was terrific. I kept thinking I'd never finish the book if I had to read it, and was almost gleeful when there were only 2 cds (of 17) left and the end w......more

Goodreads review by Marian on December 31, 2021

Truly outstanding. Makes you chuckle and makes you weep. Ivan Doig's writing is pure magic!......more