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Funny and touching, antic and affecting . . . while Boyle's humor is as black as ever, he demonstrates that satire can coexist with psychological realism, comedy with compassion." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times ) In the tradition of The Tortilla Curtain , T.C. Boyle blends... read more

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First Sentence

This is the way it begins, on a summer night so crammed with stars the Milky Way looks like a white plastic sack strung out across the roof of the sky.

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  1. T. Coraghessan Boyle (Author)
 

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