A joyful, freewheeling, funny and profound new collection from one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today (Lionel Shriver)For one woman, a crosscountry train ride becomes a parallel journey into the dark psyche of American manhood. An old man and his neighbour enter strike up a friendship that might a more sinister battle of wits than he first thinks. A man, waiting for his wife in a bar on Valentines Day, is plagued by a stranger who claims to be clairvoyant.In electric prose T. C. Boyle explores myriad facets of society greed and excess, parenthood and responsibility, the digital world and the way we understand our mortality. Roaming unrestrainedly through the present and near future, he inhabits his characters minds with a ventriloquists flair, skewering human motivations and revealing us to ourselves with empathy and wry humour.

Binding: Paperback;288 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Classification: FA; Weight: 322 g; Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 19

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