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Description edit
T. C. Boyle's seventh novel transforms two characters straight out of history into rich mythic figures whose tortured love story is as heartbreaking as it is hilarious. It is the dawn of the twentieth century when the beautiful, budding feminist Katherine Dexter falls in love with Stanley... read more
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Characters edit
- Stanley McCormick: Insane millionaire
- Eddie O'Kane: Head nurse of Stanley
- Katherine Dexter: Stanley's wife
- Julius: An orangutan
- Dr. Hamilton: First psychiatrist for Stanley
- Dr. Brush: Staley's second psychiatrist
- Dr. Hoch: Stanley's third psychiatrist
- Rosaleen: O'Kane's wife
- Nick: A nurse for Stanley
- Pat: A nurse for Stanley
- Mart: A nurse for Stanley
- Roscoe: The chauffeur
- Sam Wah: The cook
- Giovanella: Add a description of this character.
- Nettie
- Dr. Kempf
- T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Harold
- Mrs. Roessing
- T. Corashessan Boyle
- T. Coraskessan Boyle
- Guido
- Mary
- T. Coragkessan Boyle
- Mrs. Fitzmaurice
- Josephine
- Jane
- Giovannella
- Edward
- Dr. Meyer
- Butler Ames
- Dolores Isringhausen
- Jim Isringhausen
- Eddie Jr.
- Wilson
- Mrs. Littlejohn
- Cyrus Jr.
- Carrie
Setting & Locations edit
- California
- Riven Rock
- Chicago
- Boston
- Virginia
- Paris
- Santa Barbara
- Montecito
- New York
- Princeton
- Massachusetts
- Menhoff
- Europe
- Washington
- Prangins
- Geneva
- Italy
- Los Angeles
- Maine
- Jack London
- San Francisco
- Waverley
- Charcot
- Switzerland
- Buffalo
- Rush Street
- India
- America
- Goleta
- China
- Philadelphia
- Mclean
- Brookline
- Albany
- Spanishtown
First Sentence edit
How his hand came into contact with her face-her sweet plump irritating little burr of a wifely face that found a place beside his each night on the connubial pillow-was as much a mystery to O'Kane as the scalloped shell of the sky and the rain that fell as one angry inveterate thing over all this weary part of the earth.
Authors & Contributors edit
- T. Coraghessan Boyle (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0670878812
Page Count: 496
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0670878812
Page Count: 496
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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