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AFTER
THE PLAGUE [ISBN: 0670030058 ]
© T.C. Boyle, 2001 Published in the U.S.: 6 September
2001.
Dedication: For Paul Slovak and Bettina Schrewe Epigraph: "Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat our tunes to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity." -- Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary Includes the stories: "Termination Dust;" "She Wasn't Soft;" "Killing Babies;" "Captured by the Indians;" "Achates McNeil;" "Mexico;" "The Love of My Life;" "Rust;" "Peep Hall;" "Going Down;" "Friendly Skies;" "The Black and White Sisters;" "Death of the Cool;" "My Widow;" "The Underground Gardens;" "After the Plague." Read an excerpt from "Termination Dust." TCB reads from "Termination Dust"--a 23 minute Real Audio clip. Requires Real Player. Birkerts, Sven. 'After the Plague': Comedy Edging Toward Angst. New York Times Book Review 2 September 2001. Guilfoile, Kevin. 'After The Plague' Brings In New Era Of T.C. Boyle. Hartford Courant 2 September 2001. Levi, Jonathan. Fifty Going Down. Los Angeles Times 30 September 2001. Maslin, Janet. A Father's Long Shadow, and Other Dangerous Delusions. Books of the Times, New York Times 30 August 2001. Maus, Stephan. Erhöhte Coolesterin-Werte. Sueddeutsche.de 18.04.2002. Schiff, James. Boiling
Point. Book Magazine September/October 2001 <http://www.bookmagazine.com/issue18/jschiff.shtml>
--Sandye Utley, Cincinnati, Ohio Last Page Update: 21 April 2002
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