If the River Was Whiskey
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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 li…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-101-65102-5
- EAN: 9781101651025
- Produktnummer: 17879852
- Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1990
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 403 KB
Über den Autor
T.C. Boyle is the author of thirteen novels, including World's End, which won the 1987 PEN/Faulkner Award; Drop City, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and the New York Times bestseller The Women. He has also published nine collections of stories and was the recipient of the prestigious PEN/Malmud Award for Excellence in the short story. His stories appear in The New Yorker, GQ, Esquire, McSweeney's, and Playboy. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he lives in California.
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