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The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker cover image

Thomas McGuane Reads “Take Half, Leave Half”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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I'd Like to See You Trust Your Dreams More

A founding myth in Rufus' family was that one of their forebearers, a soldier in the Southern Army, had actually died of a dream. His widow's explanation, he had a dream and it shot him, may well have been why his descendants believe the dreams were messages perilous to ignore. When fifteen-year-old Jelly was caught driving the getaway car, she told the officer that she was in the middle of a dream, adding, and so are you. He said, get out of the car. All of Rufus’ relatives smoked and they were often drunk in craving battle. Of the seven men, several were habitually in jail, usually for

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