T.C. BOYLE STORIES II
by T.C. Boyle (T. Coraghessan Boyle
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
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About This Item
New York: Viking Penguin, 2013. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. In 1998, "T.C. Boyle Stories" gathered the award-winning writer's first four short story collections in a single volume. This second volume, "T.C. Boyle Stories II," pulls together the work in his three most recent collections ("After The Plague," "Tooth and Claw," and "Wild Child") as well as fourteen stories not published previously in book form. Along with the satire and tall tales, Boyle is known for, there are stories with contemporary social issues such as air rage and abortion doctors, and themes such as first love and facing one's mortatlity. First Printing, First Edition Thus (with complete numberline). About 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, 918 pages in red paper-covered boards with silver lettering on front cover and spine. The dustjacket's front panel shows color photo of Boyle with title in white lettering; a different photo of Boyle on the spine, and four blurbs praising his work on the back panel. Boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked, showing only a touch of edgewear on bottom edges. Not remaindered, not ex-library. The DJ's condition is the same, a tiny bit of edgewear along the lower edges and spine. No creasing, tearing or other significant flaws. Not price-clipped. A very collectable copy. [Due to its size and weight, we cannot take priority/express orders or orders from outside the U.S. for this book without added postage.]
Synopsis
A second volume of short fiction—featuring fourteen uncollected stories—from the bestselling author and master of the form Few authors write with such sheer love of story and language as T.C. Boyle, and that is nowhere more evident than in his inventive, wickedly funny, and always entertaining short stories. In 1998, T.C. Boyle Stories brought together the author’s first four collections to critical acclaim. Now, T.C. Boyle Stories II gathers the work from his three most recent collections along with fourteen new tales previously unpublished in book form as well as a preface in which Boyle looks back on his career as a writer of stories and the art of making them. By turns mythic and realistic, farcical and tragic, ironic and moving, Boyle’s stories have mapped a wide range of human emotions. The fifty-eight stories in this new volume, written over the last eighteen years, reflect his maturing themes. Along with the satires and tall tales that established his reputation, readers will find stories speaking to contemporary social issues, from air rage to abortion doctors, and character-driven tales of quiet power and passion. Others capture timeless themes, from first love and its consequences to confrontations with mortality, or explore the conflict between civilization and wildness. The new stories find Boyle engagingly testing his characters’ emotional and physical endurance, whether it’s a group of giants being bred as weapons of war in a fictional Latin American country, a Russian woman who ignores dire warnings in returning to her radiation-contaminated home, a hermetic writer who gets more than a break in his routine when he travels to receive a minor award, or a man in a California mountain town who goes a little too far in his concern for a widow. Mordant wit, emotional power, exquisite prose: it is all here in abundance. T.C. Boyle Stories II is a grand career statement from a writer whose imagination knows no bounds.
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- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005696
- Title
- T.C. BOYLE STORIES II
- Author
- T.C. Boyle (T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Viking Penguin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- SHORT STORIES, MODERN FICTION, AMERICAN FIRST EDITION, 21ST CENTURY, COLLECTED WORKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Literature; Satire; Miscellaneous;
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About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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