Title: The Patch Pdf
An "album quilt", an artful assortment of nonfiction writings by John McPhee that have not previously appeared in any book.
The Patch is the seventh collection of essays by the nonfiction master. It is divided into two parts.
Part 1, "The Sporting Scene", consists of pieces on fishing, football, golf, and lacrosse - from fly casting for chain pickerel in fall in New Hampshire to walking the links land of St. Andrews at an Open Championship.
Part 2, called "An Album Quilt", is a montage of fragments of varying length from pieces done across the years that have never appeared in book form - occasional pieces, memorial pieces, reflections, reminiscences, and short items in various magazines including The New Yorker. They range from a visit to the Hershey chocolate factory to encounters with Oscar Hammerstein, Joan Baez, and Mount Denali.
Emphatically, the author's purpose was not merely to preserve things but to choose passages that might entertain contemporary listeners. Starting with 250,000 words, he gradually threw out 75 percent of them and randomly assembled the remaining fragments as "An Album Quilt". Among other things, it is a covert memoir.
It's McPhee! As usual John McPhee did not disappoint.John McPhee Strikes Again I keep fearing that the author my release his last book. However he fails to disappoint. Another classic covering virtually every topic is melded into a patch work of short offerings to The New Yorker length articles. Having been watched by Albert Einstein while playing soccer to discussing the NBA with Bill Bradley, the author has experienced an endless range of persons, personalities, and topics for his musings. If you are true John McPhee fan (I have yet to read 2 of his books) then the most accurate review is to say that the author "strikes again" and "fails to disappoint." Enjoy the exploration into another of John McPhee's offerings. PS: I will never look at a female Cardinal like I use to.Appetizers with no main course I love John McPhee's writing. But these snippets of larger pieces leave me unsatisfied; where's the rest? There's enough material hidden here for another half dozen books, which I hope to read, in full, in the near future.
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