A joyful, freewheeling, funny and profound new collection from 'one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today' (Lionel Shriver) For one woman, a cross-country train ride becomes a parallel journey into the dark psyche of American manhood. An old man and his neighbour enter strike up a friendship that might a more sinister battle of wits than he first thinks. A man, waiting for his wife in a bar on Valentine's Day, is plagued by a stranger who claims to be clairvoyant. In electric prose T. C. Boyle explores myriad facets of society: greed and excess, parenthood and responsibility, the digital world and the way we understand our mortality. Roaming unrestrainedly through the present and near future, he inhabits his characters' minds with a ventriloquist's flair, skewering human motivations and revealing us to ourselves with empathy and wry humour.
| ISBN-13: | 9781526631374 |
| ISBN-10: | 1526631377 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Publication date: | 2022 |
| Pages: | 288 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 6.02361 Inches, Length: 9.21258 Inches, Weight: 0.7054792384 Pounds, Width: 0.98425 Inches |
| Author: | T. C. Boyle |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Paperback |
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