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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670034355
ISBN-139780670034352
eBay Product ID (ePID)44780424
Product Key Features
Book TitleTooth and Claw : and Other Stories
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicShort Stories (Single Author)
GenreFiction
AuthorT.C. Boyle
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight18.1 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-065108
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisSince Descent of Manappeared in 1979, T. C. Boyle has transformed the nature of short fiction in our time; in a review of his most recent collection, After the Plague, The New York Timeshailed him as a writer who can take you anywhere.” Which is exactly what Boyle does in Tooth and Claw.These fourteen stories, which have appeared in The New Yorker, GQ, Harper’s, McSweeney’s, and Playboy, display Boyle’s imaginative muscle, emotional sensitivity, and astonishing range. Here you will find the whimsical tales for which Boyle is famous, including The Kind Assassin,” about a radio shock jock who sets the world record for most continuous hours without sleep. Readers will love the comedic drama of the title story, about a man who must contend with a vicious cat from Africa that he has won in a bet. And who could resist the gripping power of Dogology,” about a woman who becomes so obsessed with man’s best friend that she begins to lose her own identity to a pack of strays. Boyle here proves once again that he is a writer who can take any topic and spin a yarn too good to put down” (Men’s Journal).