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Original Title:	Stories
ISBN:	014028091X (ISBN13: 9780140280913)

Stories Paperback | Pages: 704 pages

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Title	:	Stories
Author	:	T. Coraghessan Boyle
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 704 pages
Published	:	November 1st 1999 by Penguin (Non-Classics) (first published December 1993)
Categories	:	Short Stories. Fiction. Literature. Literary Fiction. American. Contemporary. Short Story Collection

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T. C. Boyle is one of the most inventive and wickedly funny short story writers at work today. Over the course of twenty-five years, Boyle has built up a body of short fiction that is remarkable in its range, richness, and exuberance. His stories have won accolades for their irony and black humor, for their verbal pyrotechnics, for their fascination with everything bizarre and queasy, and for the razor-sharp way in which they dissect America's obsession with image and materialism. Gathered together here are all of the stories that have appeared in his four previous collections, as well as seven that have never before appeared in book form. Together they comprise a book of small treasures, a definitive gift for Boyle fans and for every reader ready to discover the "ferocious, delicious imagination" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) of a "vibrant sensibility fully engaged with American society" (The New York Times).

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My absolute favorite!

When approaching Boyle, start with stories. They're stronger than the novels, and the variety is wonderful.

This 700 page volume is quite extensive but it's major flaw is also in some ways it's best asset and that is just that Boyle is sort of all over the place. He ventures into the heads of people all over the US and beyond, traveling into the head of a Russian, and a Norseman in Ireland. He takes you to Spain and to Mexico. At the same time, though the variety is nice and makes for a more interesting read overall, one can't help wondering why Boyle didn't stick with what he knew best. In any case,

I have always preferred Boyle's short fiction to his novels. This is a fine collection covering several books' worth of short stories, including personal favorites like Sorry Fugu, The Hector Quesidilla Story, Miracle at Ballyspittle, Stones in My Passway (Hellhound on My Trail) and Drowning, the fight over which consumed two seminars in grad school and pretty much singlehandedly earned me top marks for the course. Hector Quesidilla is, btw, my all-time favorite baseball fiction. I have an

Boyle is without a doubt my favorite contemporary writer. I was first introduced to his short stories in various publications, and have read them all, and gone on to read all but two of his novels (I'm getting to them). His short stories are fabulous. Biting satire, memorable characters, and engaging prose. I've you've never read Boyle, my suggestion is to pick up this book and read "Greasy Lake" or "Hopes Rise." If you're not immediately hooked, Boyle might not be for you.

Quite simply the best collection of short fiction in one volume that I have ever read.

My favorite collection of short stories, period. TC Boyle studied under John Irving, Raymond Carver, and John Cheever. Their influence really shines in his short stories, which are, at turns, clever, insightful, haunting, and linguistically transcendent. Boyle is known for being able to conquer any topic, any idea, and making it his own. Having read these 70 or so stories, I'd have to say the assessment is on target. Seek out Boyle's short stories, and if you like what you read, then invest in