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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 1995
THE TORTILLA CURTAIN
by T.C. Boyle
"A morality play too obvious to be swallowed whole: Boyle's first real lemon so far. (First printing of 100,000; First serial to Los Angeles Times Magazine; $100,000 ad/promo; author tour)"
 The inestimably gifted Boyle (The Road to Wellville, 1993, etc.) puts on a preacher's gown and mounts the pulpit to proclaim a hellfire sermon against bigotry and greedin this rather wan updating of The Grapes of Wrath. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 1994
WITHOUT A HERO: AND OTHER STORIES
by T.C. Boyle
"Irony is not enough. (Author tour)"
 Boyle's fourth story collection follows his highly successful novel, The Road to Wellville (1993), which will be released this summer or fall as a movie starring Anthony Hopkins. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 1993
THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE
by T.C. Boyle
"Big, smart, exciting, and often wildly funny. (First printing of 100,000; first serial to Rolling Stone; film rights to Alan Parker)"
 In his fifth novel (East is East, 1990, etc.), one of America's most exuberant satirists takes on the national obsession with health and nutritional fads. Read full book review >