Descent of Man: Stories
T. C. Boyle$18.70
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Seventeen short stories from the New York Times bestselling author of The Tortilla Curtain, "the sort of writer who inspires even poker-faced writers to grin and start dusting off their superlatives" (The Washington Post Book World).
"Descent of Man is loaded with energetic language. . . . Boyle is capable of the sublime."--The New York Times Book Review In seventeen slices of life that defy the expected and launch us into the absurd, T.C. Boyle offers his unique view of the world. A primate-center researcher becomes romantically involved with a chimp; a Norse poet overcomes bard-block; collectors compete to snare the ancient Aztec beer can, Quetzalc?atl Lite; and Lassie abandons Timmy for a randy coyote. Dark humor, delirious fantasy, and surreal satire come together in this collection that brilliantly expresses just what the "evolution" of mankind has wrought.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 07/27/1990
ISBN: 9780140299946
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 7.75h x 5.05w x 0.47d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/24/1990
"Descent of Man is loaded with energetic language. . . . Boyle is capable of the sublime."--The New York Times Book Review In seventeen slices of life that defy the expected and launch us into the absurd, T.C. Boyle offers his unique view of the world. A primate-center researcher becomes romantically involved with a chimp; a Norse poet overcomes bard-block; collectors compete to snare the ancient Aztec beer can, Quetzalc?atl Lite; and Lassie abandons Timmy for a randy coyote. Dark humor, delirious fantasy, and surreal satire come together in this collection that brilliantly expresses just what the "evolution" of mankind has wrought.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 07/27/1990
ISBN: 9780140299946
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 7.75h x 5.05w x 0.47d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/24/1990