T.C. Boyle, author portrait

T.C. Boyle

T. C. Boyle is a novelist and regular contributor to The New Yorker. His novels include World’s End and The Tortilla Curtain, and he has also published numerous collections of short stories. A Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Southern California, he lives in Santa Barbara.
T.C. Boyle Stories II
San Miguel
When the Killing's Done
Wild Child
The Women
Talk Talk
Tooth and Claw
The Human Fly and Other Stories
The Inner Circle
Drop City
After the Plague
A Friend of the Earth
T.C. Boyle Stories
Riven Rock
The Tortilla Curtain
Without a Hero
The Road to Wellville
East Is East
Descent of Man
World's End
Budding Prospects
If the River Was Whiskey
Greasy Lake and Other Stories

Books

T.C. Boyle Stories II
San Miguel
When the Killing's Done
Wild Child
The Women
Talk Talk
Tooth and Claw
The Human Fly and Other Stories
The Inner Circle
Drop City
After the Plague
A Friend of the Earth
T.C. Boyle Stories
Riven Rock
The Tortilla Curtain
Without a Hero
The Road to Wellville
East Is East
Descent of Man
World's End
Budding Prospects
If the River Was Whiskey
Greasy Lake and Other Stories

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