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      If the River Was Whiskey

      by T.C. Boyle / T. Coraghessan Boyle
      Published
      Jun 1989
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      In sixteen stories­—"writing at its very, very best" (USA Today)—the New York Times bestselling author of The Tortilla Curtain tears through the walls of contemporary society to reveal a world at once comic and tragic, droll and horrific.

      "Boyle is a consummate entertainer, a verbal showman, an explosively gifted satirist."—The New York Times Book Review
       
      In If The River Was Whiskey, T.C. Boyle introduces us to a death-defying stuntman who rides across the country strapped to the axle of a Peterbilt, and to a retired primatologist who can't adjust to the "civilized" world. He chronicles the state of romance that requires full-body protection in a disease-conscious age and depicts with aching tenderness the relationship between a young boy and his alcoholic father. These magical and provocative stories mark yet another virtuoso performance from one of America's most supple and electric literary inventors.

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      May 1990 Penguin ISBN 0140119507
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      First Edition Jun 1989 Viking ISBN 0670826901
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      May 1990 Penguin ISBN 1101651024
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      Jul 1990 Caedmon Audio Cassette ISBN 1559942010
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