![]() ![]() Roaming unrestrainedly through the present and near future, he inhabits his characters' minds with a ventriloquist's flair, skewering human motivations and revealing us to ourselves with empathy and wry humour. Boyle explores myriad facets of society- greed and excess, parenthood and responsibility, the digital world and the way we understand our mortality. A man, waiting for his wife in a bar on Valentine's Day, is plagued by a stranger who claims to be clairvoyant. Some of the tales can fairly be categorized as social commentary (‘SCS 750’, ‘Not Me’, Dog Lab’), with others being quirkytwisted, reallycharacter studies (‘These Are. An old man and his neighbour enter strike up a friendship that might a more sinister battle of wits than he first thinks. I honestly have no idea, but they represent many of the thirteen stories contained in the volume I Walk Between the Raindrops by acclaimed author T. ![]() ![]() ![]() I cant recommend these highly enough.Ī joyful, freewheeling, funny and profound new collection from 'one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today' (Lionel Shriver)įor one woman, a cross-country train ride becomes a parallel journey into the dark psyche of American manhood. From a nightmarish covid contagion aboard a once in a lifetime honeymoon cruise to a couples nature therapy session ending in a twisted comic irony they are all very original, diverse and immensely competent. Called the Frank Zappa of American letters TC Boyles collection of short stories are off-beat, breezy, frequently funny and very well written. ![]()
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