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Books by
T. C. Boyle


THE WOMEN

TALK TALK

TOOTH AND CLAW

THE INNER CIRCLE

DESCENT OF MAN

WATER MUSIC

BUDDING PROSPECTS: A Pastoral

GREASY LAKE AND OTHER STORIES

WORLD'S END

IF THE RIVER WAS WHISKEY: Stories

EAST IS EAST

THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE

WITHOUT A HERO: Stories

THE TORTILLA CURTAIN

RIVEN ROCK

T. C. BOYLE STORIES

A FRIEND OF EARTH

AFTER THE PLAGUE

Reading Group Guides

A FRIEND OF THE EARTH

RIVEN ROCK

DESCENT OF MAN
T.C. Boyle
Penguin Books
Fiction
ISBN: 0140299947

Seventeen outrageously humorous short stories that illustrate the darker side of mankind. In Boyle's world failure comes with the territory, although the protagonists frequently don't understand the reason for it. A primate-center researcher becomes romantically involved with a chimpanzee, and Norse poet overcomes bard-block. These and other strange occurrences come together in this collection of satirical stores that brilliantly express just what the "evolution" of mankind has wrought.

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