Sweet Thunder: A Novel

Summary

A beloved characterbrings the power of the press to 1920s Butte, Montana, in this latest from thebest storyteller of the West

In the winter of 1920, a quirky bequest draws Morrie Morganback to Butte, Montana, from a year-long honeymoon with his bride, Grace. Butthe mansion bestowed by a former boss upon the itinerant charmer, who debutedin Doig’s bestselling The WhistlingSeason, promises to be less windfall than money pit. And the town itself,with its polyglot army of miners struggling to extricate themselves from thestranglehold of the ruthless Anaconda Copper Mining Company, seems—like thecouple’s fast-diminishing finances—on the verge of implosion.

These twin dilemmas catapult Morrie into his new career aseditorialist for the Thunder, thefledgling union newspaper that dares to play David to Anaconda’s Goliath. Amidthe clatter of typewriters, the rumble of the printing presses, and a cast ofunforgettable characters, Morrie puts his gift for word-slinging to work. As hepursues victory for the miners, he discovers that he is enmeshed in a deeplypersonal battle as well—the struggle to win lasting love for himself.

Brilliantly capturing an America roaring into a new age, Sweet Thunder is another great tale froma classic American novelist.