Riven Rock Part 24

All Felix and his friends have to do is harvest a crop of Cannabis Sativa Cannabis Sativa and half a million tax-free dollars will be theirs. But as their beloved buds wither under a.s.sault from ravenous scavengers, human caprice, and a drug-busting state trooper named Jerpbak, their dreams of easy money go up in smoke. "Consistently, effortlessly, intelligently funny."- and half a million tax-free dollars will be theirs. But as their beloved buds wither under a.s.sault from ravenous scavengers, human caprice, and a drug-busting state trooper named Jerpbak, their dreams of easy money go up in smoke. "Consistently, effortlessly, intelligently funny."-The New York Times ISBN 0-14-029996-3

DESCENT OF MAN.

A primate-center researcher becomes romantically involved with a chimp. A Norse poet overcomes bard-block. These and other strange occurrences come together in Boyle's collection of satirical stories that brilliantly express just what the "evolution" of mankind has wrought. "Madness that hits you where you live."-Houston Chronicle ISBN 0-14-029994-7

EAST IS EAST.

Young j.a.panese seaman Hiro Tanaka jumps s.h.i.+p off the coast of Georgia and swims into a net of rabid rednecks, genteel ladies, descendants of slaves, and the denizens of an artists' colony. The NewYorkTimes The NewYorkTimescalled this s.e.xy, hilarious tragicomedy a "pastoral version of The Bonfire oftheVanities." ISBN 0-14-013167-1 The Bonfire oftheVanities." ISBN 0-14-013167-1

GREASY LAKE AND OTHER STORIES.

Mythic and realistic, these masterful stories are, according to The New York Times, The New York Times, "satirical fables of contemporary life, so funny and acutely observed that they might have been written by Evelyn Waugh as sketches for ... "satirical fables of contemporary life, so funny and acutely observed that they might have been written by Evelyn Waugh as sketches for ... Sat.u.r.day Night Live." ISBN 0-14-007781-2 Sat.u.r.day Night Live." ISBN 0-14-007781-2 IF THE RIVER WAS WHISKEY.

Boyle, winner of the 1999 PEN/Malamud award for short fiction, tears through the walls of contemporary society to reveal a world at once comic and tragic, droll and horrific, in these sixteen magical and provocative stories. "Writing at its very, very best."-USA Today ISBN 0-14-011950-7

RIVEN ROCK.

With his seventh novel to date, T. C. Boyle pens a heartbreaking love story taken from between the lines of history. Millionaire Stanley McCormick, diagnosed as a schizophrenic and s.e.xual maniac shortly after his marriage, is forbidden the sight of women, but his strong-willed, virginal wife Katherine Dexter is determined to cure him. "As romantic as it is informative, as colorful as it is convincing. Boyle combines his gift for historical re-creation with his dazzling powers as a storyteller."-The Boston Globe ISBN 0-14-027166-X

THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE.

Centering on John Harvey Kellogg and his turn-of-the-century Battle Creek Spa, this wickedly comic novel brims with a d.i.c.kensian cast of characters and is laced with wildly wonderful plot twists. "A marvel, enjoyable from the beginning to end."-Jane Smiley, The New York Times Book Review ISBN 0-14-016718-8 The New York Times Book Review ISBN 0-14-016718-8

T. C. BOYLE STORIES.

"Boyle has the tale-teller's gift in abundance," writes the Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune. And nowhere is that more evident than in this collection of sixty-eight short stories-all of the work from his four previous collections, as well as seven tales that have never before appeared in book form-that comprise a virtual feast of the short story. "Seven hundred flashy, inventive pages of stylistic and moral acrobatics."- And nowhere is that more evident than in this collection of sixty-eight short stories-all of the work from his four previous collections, as well as seven tales that have never before appeared in book form-that comprise a virtual feast of the short story. "Seven hundred flashy, inventive pages of stylistic and moral acrobatics."-The New York Times Book Review ISBN 0-14-028091-X

THE TORTILLA CURTAIN.

Winner of France's Prix Medicis Etranger for best foreign-language novel, The Tortilla The Tortilla Curtain illuminates the many potholes along the road to the elusive American Dream. Illegal immigrants Candido and America cling to life at the bottom of Topanga Canyon, dreaming of a privileged existence of the sort endured by L.A. liberals Delaney and Kyra. When a freak accident brings these two couples together, darkly comic events leave them wondering what the world is coming to. Curtain illuminates the many potholes along the road to the elusive American Dream. Illegal immigrants Candido and America cling to life at the bottom of Topanga Canyon, dreaming of a privileged existence of the sort endured by L.A. liberals Delaney and Kyra. When a freak accident brings these two couples together, darkly comic events leave them wondering what the world is coming to. ISBN 0-14-023828-X ISBN 0-14-023828-X

WATER MUSIC.

Funny, bawdy, and full of imaginative and stylistic fancy, Water Music Water Music follows the wild adventures of Ned Rise, thief and wh.o.r.emaster, and Mungo Park, explorer, from London to Africa. " follows the wild adventures of Ned Rise, thief and wh.o.r.emaster, and Mungo Park, explorer, from London to Africa. "Water Music does for fiction what does for fiction what Raiders ofthe Lost Ark Raiders ofthe Lost Ark did for film... Boyle is an adept plotter, a crazed humorist, and a fierce describer."- did for film... Boyle is an adept plotter, a crazed humorist, and a fierce describer."-The Boston Globe ISBN 0-14-006550-4

WITHOUT A HERO.

With fierce, comic wit and uncanny accuracy, Boyle zooms in on an astonis.h.i.+ngly wide range of American phenomena in this critically-applauded collection of stories. "Gloriously comic ... vintage Boyle... [these] stories are more than funny, better than wicked.They make you cringe with their clarity."-The Philadelphia Inquirer ISBN 0-14-017839-2

WORLD'S END

Walter Van Brunt is about to have a collision with history that will lead him to search for his long-lost father. This fascinating novel, for which Boyle won the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for American Fiction, showcases the author's "ability to work all sorts of magical variations of literature and history" (The New York Times). ISBN 0-14-029993-9 ISBN 0-14-029993-9