In "Thirteen Days," passengers on a cruise line are quarantined, to horrifying and hilarious effect. In the title story of Walk Between the Raindrops, a woman sits down next to a man at a bar and claims she has ESP. And "Hyena" begins simply: "That was the day the hyena came for him, and never mind that there were no hyenas in the South of France, and especially not in Pont-Saint-Esprit-it was there and it came for him.Īn electric collection of new short stories from the inimitable, bestselling writer of Talk to Me and Outside Looking In Roaming unrestrainedly through the present and near future, he inhabits his characters' minds with a ventriloquist's flair, skewering human motivations and revealing us to ourselves with empathy and wry humour.About the Book In the title story of "Walk Between the Raindrops," a woman sits down next to a man at a bar and claims she has ESP. Boyle explores myriad facets of society- greed and excess, parenthood and responsibility, the digital world and the way we understand our mortality.
A man, waiting for his wife in a bar on Valentine's Day, is plagued by a stranger who claims to be clairvoyant. An old man and his neighbour enter strike up a friendship that might a more sinister battle of wits than he first thinks. I cant recommend these highly enough.Ī joyful, freewheeling, funny and profound new collection from 'one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today' (Lionel Shriver)įor one woman, a cross-country train ride becomes a parallel journey into the dark psyche of American manhood. From a nightmarish covid contagion aboard a once in a lifetime honeymoon cruise to a couples nature therapy session ending in a twisted comic irony they are all very original, diverse and immensely competent. Called the Frank Zappa of American letters TC Boyles collection of short stories are off-beat, breezy, frequently funny and very well written.
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