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.
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.
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Biçim PDF ● Sayfalar 288 ● ISBN 9781526661302 ● Yayımcı Bloomsbury Publishing ● Yayınlanan 2022 ● İndirilebilir 3 kez ● Döviz EUR ● Kimlik 8539097 ● Kopya koruma Adobe DRM
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