After the Plague, T.C. Boyle
After the Plague, T.C. Boyle
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After the Plague
and Other Stories

Author: T.C. Boyle

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 13 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2003

Synopsis

Few authors in America write with such sheer love of story, language, and imagination as T.C. Boyle, and nowhere is that passion more evident than in his inventive, wickedly funny, and widely praised short stories. In After the Plague, Boyle speaks of contemporary social issues in a range of emotional keys. The sixteen stories gathered here address everything from air rage to abortion doctors to first love and its consequences. The collection ends with the brilliant title story, a whimsical and imaginative vision of a disease-ravaged Earth. Presented with characteristic wit and intelligence, these stories will delight readers in search of the latest news of the chaotic, disturbing, and achingly beautiful world in which we live.
 
"Boyle's imagination and zeal for storytelling are in top form here."—Publishers Weekly

About The Author

T. Coraghessan Boyle is the author of over 25 books of fiction, including, After the Plague, Drop City, and The Inner Circle. Boyle received a PhD degree in nineteenth-century British literature from the University of Iowa, his MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, and his BA in English and history from SUNY Potsdam.Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. His stage appearances throughout the US include Cyrano, Hamlet, and MacBeth. In the audio industry, Scott has won over 20 Earphones Awards, as well as the 2003 Audie Award in the Best Science Fiction category for Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. After recording nearly 250 books in five years, AudioFile Magazine named Scott “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy” and proclaimed him one of their Golden Voices. Brick’s range is unparalleled as he reads thrillers to narrative nonfiction, from biographies to science fiction with aplomb.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on August 11, 2018

Grade A short stories. Very dark.......more

Goodreads review by Broshar on November 27, 2012

Another in the writing school of a slow poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Each story starts with some sort of emotional car wreck about to happen, and the story slows down to rubberneck the uncomfortable denouement. Boyle's characters seem to start out as likeable sorts, all with a tiny flaw or tw......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on March 10, 2024

Very well-written stories of men being stereotypical men.......more

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