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In sixteen stories, T.C. Boyle tears through the walls of contemporary society to reveal a world at once comic and tragic, droll and horrific. Boyle introduces us to a death-defying stuntman who rides across the country strapped to the axle of a Peterbilt, and to a retired primatologist who can’t adjust to the “civilized” world. He chronicles the state of romance that requires full-body protection in a disease-conscious age and depicts with aching tenderness the relationship between a young boy and his alcoholic father. These magical and provocative stories mark yet another virtuoso performance from one of America’s most supple and electric literary inventors.
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Contemporary American Fiction: If the River Was Whiskey, T. C. Boyle
- Language
- Released
- 1990
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- Damaged
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- Title
- Contemporary American Fiction: If the River Was Whiskey
- Language
- English
- Authors
- T. C. Boyle
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1990
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0140119507
- ISBN13
- 9780140119503
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Short Stories, USA, 20th century, Literary Fiction, American Literature
- Description
- In sixteen stories, T.C. Boyle tears through the walls of contemporary society to reveal a world at once comic and tragic, droll and horrific. Boyle introduces us to a death-defying stuntman who rides across the country strapped to the axle of a Peterbilt, and to a retired primatologist who can’t adjust to the “civilized” world. He chronicles the state of romance that requires full-body protection in a disease-conscious age and depicts with aching tenderness the relationship between a young boy and his alcoholic father. These magical and provocative stories mark yet another virtuoso performance from one of America’s most supple and electric literary inventors.