Synopses & Reviews
T.C. Boyle was first feted as a master of the short story for his critically acclaimed
Greasy Lake. With these stories applauded by
People magazine as "wickedly comical," he displays once again a virtuosity and versatility rare in literary America today.
Without a Hero zooms in on American phenomena such as a center for the treatment of acquisitive disorders; a couple in search of the last toads on earth; and a real estate wonder boy on a dude safari near convenient Bakerfield, California.
Sharp, guileful, and malevolently funny, Boyle's stories are "more than funny, better than wicked," says The Philadelphia Inquirer. "They make you cringe with their clarity."
About the Author
T. C. Boyle is the author of eleven novels, including
World's End (winner of the PEN/FaulknerAward),
Drop City (a
New York Times bestseller and finalist for the National Book Award), and
The Inner Circle. His most recent story collections are
Tooth and Claw and
The Human Fly and Other Stories.
Table of Contents
Big game -- Hopes rise -- Filthy with things -- Without a hero -- Respect -- Acts of God -- Back in the eocene -- Carnal knowledge -- The 100 faces of death, volume IV -- 56-0 -- Top of the food chain -- Little America -- Beat -- The fog man -- Sitting on top of the world.