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A Friend of the Earth

A Friend of the Earth( )
Author: Boyle, T. C.
ISBN:978-1-5266-0891-8
Publication Date:May 2019
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $22.99
Book Description:

_______________________'A comedy with teeth ... razor sharp and darkly funny' (TIMES)'Boyle's prose is so good and his imagination so fertile that after a while you just sit back and are swept along' (TELEGRAPH)'Surreal, daring and compassionate. Easily one of the best books of the year' (MAIL)'Superb ... if Boyle was from this side of the pond, this is the book they'd all have to beat for the Booker Prize' (SUNDAY...
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Book Details
Pages:288
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.9 x 19.6 x 1.7 cm
Book Weight:0.232 Kilograms
Author Biography
Boyle, T. C. (Author)
T. C. Boyle was born Thomas John Boyle in Peekskill, New York on December 2, 1948. He received a B.A. in English and history from SUNY Potsdam in 1968, a MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1974, and a Ph.D. degree in nineteenth century British literature from the University of Iowa in 1977. He has been a member of the English department at the University of Southern California since 1978.

He has written over 20 books including After the Plague, Drop City, The Inner Circle, Tooth and Claw, The Human Fly, Talk Talk, The Women, Wild Child, and When the Killing's Done. He has received numerous awards including the PEN/Faulkner Award for best novel of the year for World's End; the PEN/Malamud Prize in the short story for T. C. Boyle Stories; and the Prix Médicis Étranger for best foreign novel in France for The Tortilla Curtain. His title's Sam Miguel and The Harder They Caome made The New York Times Best Seller List.

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