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Twenty-five years of dazzling short stories, including seven never before published in book form, from the bestselling author of Riven Rock and The Tortilla Curtain T. C. Boyle is one of the most inventive and wickedly funny short story writers at work today. Over the course of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Marie: Add a description of this character.
- Beatrice
- Jack
- Zoltan
- Anthony
- Konrad
- Regina
- Marshall
- Bayard
- Muriel
- Grace
- Julian
- Jill
- Ken
- Howie
- Bernard
- Willis
- Rolfe
- Roger
- Willa Frank
- Albert
- Akaky
- Calvin
- Wendy
- Naina
- Joey
- Miriam
- Arkson
- Mike
- Cousteau
- Mr. Laxner
- Adrian
- Hector
- Ormand
- Andrea
- Alena
- Robert
- Casey
- Cindy
- Maki Duryea
- Jane
- Mcgurk
- Maunsell
- Ricky Keen
- Ray Arthur Larry-pete
- Petrovich
Setting & Locations edit
- Kresuk
- Africa
- New York
- New Moon
- Moscow
- Beersley
- America
- California
- Mexico
- Udolpho
- Orlando
- San Diego
- Paris
- Los Angeles
- Montana
- Caledonia
- San Francisco
- Washington
- Connecticut
- Una
- Kitwany
- Texas
- Manhattan
- Westchester
- Japan
- Mao
- Asuncion
- Russia
- Ruperto
- White House
- Borneo
- Mississippi
- Midwest
- Bakersfield
- Boston
- London
- Sivani-hoota
- Odessa
- Iowa
- United States
- Hollywood
- Waldbaum
- Santuzza
- Chicago
- Long Island
- St. Louis
- Tanqueray
First Sentence edit
There was no exchange of body fluids on the first date, and that suited both of us just fine.
Table of Contents edit
I. Love
Modern Love
Ike and Nina
Sorry Fugu
Without a Hero
Heart of a Champion
Carnal Knowledge
Acts of God
Hopes Rise
Descent of Man
Caviar
All Shook Up
I Dated Jane Austen
Caye
Little Fur People
John Barleycorn Lives
The Hat
Whales Weep
A Women's Restaurant
Thawing Out
Back in the Eocene
Sitting on Top of the World
If the River Was Whiskey
Juliana Cloth
II. Death
Big Game
Greasy Lake
Peace of Mind
King Bee
Sinking House
The Devil and Irv Cherniske
The Human Fly
On for the Long Haul
The 100 Faces of Death, Volume IV
Little America
Stones in My Passway, Hellhound on My Trail
The Hit Man
Not a Leg to Stand On
Green Hell
Me Cago en la Leche (Robert Jordan in Nicaragua)
The Ape Lady in Retirement
De Rerum Natura
The Extinction Tales
The Fog Man
Drowning
Rara Avis
The Overcoat II
Mexico
III. And Everything in Between
Beat
Hard Sell
The Miracle at Ballinspittle
Top of the Food Chain
The Hector Quesadilla Story
We Are Norsemen
The Champ
Bloodfall
Rupert Beersley and the Beggar Master of Sivani-Hoota
The New Moon Party
The Second Swimming
Dada
Two Ships
The Little Chill
A Bird in Hand
The Arctic Explorer
Rapture of the Deep
56-0
The Big Garage
Zapatos
Respect
Filthy with Things
Authors & Contributors edit
- T. Coraghessan Boyle (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: VIKING
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0670879606
Page Count: 624
Publisher: VIKING
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0670879606
Page Count: 624
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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