Wild Child: and Other Stories [Signed by Author]

Boyle, T. C.

ISBN 10: 0670021423 / ISBN 13: 9780670021420

Published by Viking, 2010

About this Item

Hardcover with DJ. Purple paper over boards with author's initials gilt stamped on front cover; gilt lettering on spine as well. Covers are clean and tight. DJ has one small smudge to rear cover, but otherwise remains unmarked and fits snug to boards. Binding is strong. Signed and inscribed on title page by author T. C. Boyle. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 2010, with complete number line. 304 pages, free of marks or tears.

Seller Inventory # 20-75

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wild Child: and Other Stories [Signed by Author]
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670021423
• ISBN 13: 9780670021420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

A superb new collection from "a writer who can take you anywhere" (The New York Times)

In the title story of this rich new collection, T.C. Boyle has created so vivid and original a retelling of the story of Victor, the feral boy who was captured running naked through the forests of Napoleonic France, that it becomes not just new but definitive: yes, this is how it must have been. The tale is by turns magical and moving, a powerful investigation of what it means to be human.

There is perhaps no one better than T.C. Boyle at engaging, shocking, and ultimately gratifying his readers while at the same time testing his characters' emotional and physical endurance. The fourteen stories gathered here display both Boyle's astonishing range and his imaginative muscle. Nature is the dominant player in many of these stories, whether in the form of the catastrophic mudslide that allows a cynic to reclaim his own humanity ("La Conchita") or the wind-driven fires that howl through a high California canyon ("Ash Monday"). Other tales range from the drama of a man who spins Homeric lies in order to stop going to work, to that of a young woman who must babysit for a $250,000 cloned Afghan and the sad comedy of a child born to Mexican street vendors who is unable to feel pain.

Brilliant, incisive, and always entertaining, Boyle's short stories showcase the mischievous humor and socially conscious sensibility that have made him one of the most acclaimed writers of our time.

About the Author

T. C. Boyle is the author of eleven novels, including World's End (winner of the PEN/FaulknerAward), Drop City (a New York Times bestseller and finalist for the National Book Award), and The Inner Circle. His most recent story collections are Tooth and Claw and The Human Fly and Other Stories.