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Also by T. C. Boyle:

No Way Home, May 2026
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Talk Talk, July 2006
Hardcover
After The Plague, January 2003
Trade Size (reprint)
The Tortilla Curtain, September 1996
Paperback

AFTER THE PLAGUE
By: T. C. Boyle

"In his sixth collection of short stories, Boyle presents a series of wickedly ironic, sometimes poignant, sometimes darkly humorous tales that speak directly to the human condition..." Library Journal

Penguin
January 2003
320 pages
ISBN: 0142001414
Trade Size (reprint)
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Hailed as one of the best short story writers of his generation, T.C. Boyle presents sixteen stories--nine of which appeared in The New Yorker--that highlight the evolving excellence of his inventive, modern, and wickedly witty style. In After the Plague, Boyle exhibits his maturing themes through an amazing array of subjects in a range of emotional keys. He taps today's headlines, from air rage ("Friendly Skies") to abortion doctors ("Killing Babies"), and delves into more naturalistic themes of quiet power and passion, from a tale of first love ("The Love of My Life") to a story about confronting old age ("Rust"). Combining joy and humor with the dark, intense scenarios that Boyle's audience has come to love, After the Plague reveals a writer at the top of his form.

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