The Sporting ClubBy: Thomas McGuane A hilarious novel about boyhood rivalries gone terribly wrong from the highly acclaimed author of Cloudbursts and Ninety two in the Shade Two old friends strike up an old feud filled with dangerous games on the vast preserve of their hunting club in this rollicking story of boyhood rivalries pushed to the limit. McGuane is "a major American writer, one of the best of his generation" (Time magazine).