If the River Was Whiskey: Stories (Contemporary American Fiction)

Type

Book

Authors

T.C. Boyle

ISBN 10

0140119507

ISBN 13

9780140119503

Tags

Anthologies, Short Stories, Humorous, Literary

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. - from Amzon

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