Tooth and Claw, T.C. Boyle
Tooth and Claw, T.C. Boyle
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Tooth and Claw
and Other Stories

Author: T.C. Boyle

Narrator: T.C. Boyle

Unabridged: 9 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/06/2005


Synopsis

The fourteen stories gathered here, which have appeared in The New Yorker, GQ, Harper's, McSweeney's, and Playboy, as well as in The O. Henry Prize Stories and Best American Stories volumes, display T. C. Boyle's imaginative muscle, emotional sensitivity and astonishing range. There are the whimsical tales for which Boyle is justly famous, including "Swept Away," which tells of a female ornithologist who falls in love on the blustery island of Unst, and "The Kind Assassin," about a bored and loveless radio shock jock who sets the world record for most continuous hours without sleep–and who may never sleep again.

Listeners will love the comedic drama and lyrical beauty of the title story, about a young man who must contend with a vicious feral cat from Africa that he has won in a bar bet. And who could resist the gripping power of "Dogology," about a young woman in suburban New England who becomes so obsessed with man's best friend that she begins to lose her own identity to a pack of strays, or "Chicxulub," a nerve-shattering tale of collision, whether it be that of a young woman with a car or of huge objects from outer space slamming into the planet. With these compelling and always entertaining stories, Boyle proves once again that he is "a writer who can take any topic and spin a yarn too good to put down" (Men's Journal).

About The Author

T. C. Boyle is the author of more than ten novels, including World's End (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award), Drop City (a New York Times bestseller and finalist for the National Book Award), and The Inner Circle. His story collections include Tooth and Claw as well as The Human Fly and Other Stories.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

Perhaps 2 stars is too harsh. I give it 2.7 stars I guess. Throughout life we stumble upon many stories which MUST be told, these, I am afraid, are not them. The writing talent is apparent, though the subject matter leaves much to be desired. I would liken it to a wonderful acting talent being cast f......more

Goodreads review by David

Second Boyle short story collection I've read - after 'If the River Was Whiskey'; a better collection.  You certainly can't fault the author's imagination; it still seems limitless. But, this time out, the ways in which his storylines play out can sometimes make the reader yawn. Too many of these sto......more

Goodreads review by Larry

I want to start off by saying that I have read now or I should say listen to know in the past several weeks several TC Boyle audible books. Three of them were read by Boyle himself and the fourth one by another gentleman. I found them all really enjoyable for the most part which is why I sort of gan......more

Goodreads review by Matt

The most exciting collection of short stories I've read in... well, maybe ever. Boyle is a master of short fiction. The thing that strikes me the most is how much more closely life is like a series of short stories than it is like a novel. The characters, plot, and settings are already underway bef......more


Quotes

"A dazzling new collection from a writer of "roaring intelligence and a curiosity that has led him to develop a masterly range of subjects and locales" —Annie Proulx, The Washington Post"In T.C. Boyle's fierce, funny new collection, men are fools, women hold the sexual cards, and nature is full of surprises, few of them pleasant." —Entertainment Weekly