After the Plague

by T.CoraghessanBoyle (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $5.07

  A collection of short stories that veer from the psychological to the slapstick, and from surrealism to satire. This collection covers 16 stories which flaunt Boyle's astonishing range. There are wickedly funny stories about air rage and abortion doctors alongside pieces about first love and the writer's future.

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  Paperback
  2002

  $5.01

  ' After the Plague is a formidable achievement. It is hip, slick and witty'. - Sunday Telegraph . ' A mercurial craftsman mustering some of his most assured work'. - FT . 'Boyle has the ability to create devastating situations, lighten them with a satirical gleam and then twist them into the kind of joke that makes your stomach hurt'. - Daily Mail . 'Boyle writes so beautifully it always feels natural, never forced'. - Guardian . Maverick, unpredictable and accomplished, T.C. Boyle has been called the 'trickster of American letters'. After the Plague is his latest collection of short stories - here are tales that superbly veer from the psychological to the slapstick, from surrealism to satire, once again proving him to be one of America's most formidable writers.