Descent of Man: Stories (Contemporary American Fiction)

ISBN: 0140299947

Author: Boyle, T.C.

Condition: New

Seventeen short stories from the New York Times bestselling author of The Tortilla Curtain, the sort of writer who inspires even poker-faced writers to grin and start dusting off their superlatives (The Washington Post Book World).Descent of Man is loaded with energetic language. . . . Boyle is capable of the sublime.-The New York Times Book ReviewIn seventeen slices of life that defy the expected and launch us into the absurd, T.C. Boyle offers his unique view of the world. A primate-center researcher becomes romantically involved with a chimp; a Norse poet overcomes bard-block; collectors compete to snare the ancient Aztec beer can, Quetzalcóatl Lite; and Lassie abandons Timmy for a randy coyote.Dark humor, delirious fantasy, and surreal satire come together in this collection that brilliantly expresses just what the evolution of mankind has wrought.

• Short Stories | American Literature | Humor | Story Collection | Modern Literature