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T. C. Boyle

Author of The Tortilla Curtain

98+ Works 25,502 Members 595 Reviews 136 Favorited

About the Author

T. C. Boyle was born Thomas John Boyle in Peekskill, New York on December 2, 1948. He received a B.A. in English and history from SUNY Potsdam in 1968, a MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1974, and a Ph.D. degree in nineteenth century British literature from the University of show more Iowa in 1977. He has been a member of the English department at the University of Southern California since 1978. He has written over 20 books including After the Plague, Drop City, The Inner Circle, Tooth and Claw, The Human Fly, Talk Talk, The Women, Wild Child, and When the Killing's Done. He has received numerous awards including the PEN/Faulkner Award for best novel of the year for World's End; the PEN/Malamud Prize in the short story for T. C. Boyle Stories; and the Prix Médicis Étranger for best foreign novel in France for The Tortilla Curtain. His title's Sam Miguel and The Harder They Caome made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) T. Coraghessan Boyle is the best-selling author of "T.C. Boyle Stories," "Riven Rock," "The Tortilla Curtain," "Without a Hero," "The Road to Wellville," "East Is East," "If the River Was Whiskey," "World's End" (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award), "Greasy Lake," "Budding Prospects," "Water Music," & "Descent of Man" (all available from Penguin). His fiction regularly appears in major American magazines, including "The New Yorker," "GQ," "The Paris Review," "Playboy," & "Esquire." He lives in Santa Barbara, California. (Publisher Provided) show less

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Works by T. C. Boyle

The Tortilla Curtain (1995) 3,650 copies
Drop City (2003) 2,403 copies
The Road to Wellville (1993) 1,649 copies
The Women (2008) 1,573 copies
World's End (1988) 1,355 copies
The Inner Circle (2004) 1,346 copies
Talk Talk (2006) 1,300 copies
Water Music (1981) 1,171 copies
Riven Rock (1998) 1,012 copies
A Friend of the Earth (2000) 959 copies
East is East (1990) 836 copies
T.C. Boyle Stories (1979) 737 copies
When the Killing's Done (2011) 722 copies
Budding Prospects (1984) 669 copies
The Harder They Come (2015) 579 copies
San Miguel (2012) 522 copies
The Terranauts (2016) — Author — 503 copies
If the River Was Whiskey (1989) 503 copies
Without a Hero (1994) 409 copies
Outside Looking In (2019) 216 copies
The Best American Short Stories 2015 (2015) — Editor — 215 copies
T C Boyle Stories II (2013) 117 copies
Talk to Me (2021) 111 copies
Blue Skies (2023) — Author — 84 copies
Wild Child {story} (2010) 65 copies
She Wasn't Soft (1996) 49 copies
Doubletakes (2003) 47 copies
Death in Kitchawank (2014) 30 copies
Good Home: Stories (2018) 16 copies
Praat met mij (2021) 10 copies
Der Admiral (2012) 9 copies
Tooth and Claw 7 copies
Dreizehnhundert Ratten (2011) 5 copies
Sind wir nicht Menschen (2020) 5 copies
Der Polarforscher (1998) 4 copies
Frage 62 (2012) 4 copies
Sprich mit mir (2021) 4 copies
In der Zone (2012) 3 copies
[Title missing] 3 copies
The lie (2013) 2 copies
Balto (2014) 2 copies
Chicxulub 1 copy
T C Boyle Pack (2004) 1 copy
Drop City - A Novel (2003) 1 copy
Bulletproof (2013) 1 copy
Histoires cruelles (2012) 1 copy
Anacapa (2013) 1 copy
La Conchita 1 copy

Associated Works

Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 902 copies
The Best American Short Stories 2007 (2007) — Contributor — 815 copies
The Future Dictionary of America (2004) — Contributor — 621 copies
The Best American Short Stories 2008 (2008) — Contributor — 560 copies
The Best American Short Stories 2004 (2004) — Contributor — 548 copies
Points of View: Revised Edition (1966) — Contributor — 404 copies
The Granta Book of the American Short Story (1992) — Contributor — 360 copies
Sudden Fiction: American Short-Short Stories (1984) — Contributor — 359 copies
The Best American Short Stories 1997 (1997) — Contributor — 346 copies
The Best American Short Stories 2014 (2014) — Contributor — 262 copies
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 (2015) — Contributor — 258 copies
Press Start to Play (2015) — Contributor — 247 copies
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story (2007) — Contributor — 205 copies
The Secret History of Fantasy (2010) — Contributor — 196 copies
The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009) — Contributor — 194 copies
The Best American Short Stories 2017 (2017) — Contributor — 171 copies
Granta 85: Hidden Histories (2004) — Contributor — 168 copies
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Contributor — 156 copies
The Best American Short Stories 2020 (2020) — Contributor — 137 copies
Granta 23: Home (1988) — Contributor — 137 copies
Granta 63: Beasts (1998) — Contributor — 133 copies
Granta 36: Vargas Llosa for President (1991) — Contributor — 126 copies
Granta 44: The Last Place on Earth (1993) — Contributor — 125 copies
The Big New Yorker Book of Cats (2013) — Contributor — 122 copies
The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction (2008) — Contributor — 122 copies
Prize Stories 2001: The O. Henry Awards (2001) — Contributor — 121 copies
McSweeney's Issue 34 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2010) — Contributor — 109 copies
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 96 copies
I'm With the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet (2011) — Contributor — 88 copies
Baseball's Best Short Stories (1995) — Contributor — 77 copies
Year's Finest Fantasy (1977) — Contributor — 72 copies
Great Esquire Fiction (1983) — Contributor — 70 copies
McSweeney's Issue 43 (2013) — Contributor — 47 copies
Watchlist: 32 Stories by Persons of Interest (2015) — Contributor — 46 copies
Granta 5: The Modern Common Wind (1982) — Contributor — 44 copies
Granta 9: John Berger, Boris (1983) — Contributor — 43 copies
The Killing Spirit : An Anthology of Murder for Hire (1996) — Contributor — 33 copies
The Road to Wellville [1994 film] (1993) — Original book — 33 copies
Ghost Writing: Haunted Tales by Contemporary Writers (2000) — Contributor — 32 copies
Birds in the Hand: Fiction and Poetry about Birds (2004) — Contributor — 32 copies
Beach : Stories by the Sand and Sea (2000) — Contributor — 32 copies
Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka (2011) — Contributor — 28 copies
The New Great American Writers' Cookbook (2003) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Playboy Book of Short Stories (1995) — Contributor — 11 copies
Exotic Gothic: Forbidden Tales from Our Gothic World (2007) — Contributor — 7 copies
Ten: A Bloomsbury Tenth Anniversary Anthology (1996) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Paris Review 84 1982 Summer (1982) — Contributor — 6 copies
Black Clock 21 (2016) — Contributor — 4 copies
Fiction International 12: Moral Fiction: An Anthology (1980) — Contributor — 2 copies
Antaeus No. 70, Spring 1993 - Special Fiction Issue (1993) — Contributor — 1 copy
Playboy Magazine ~ November 1990 (Teri Copley) (1990) — Contributor — 1 copy
Schöne Ferien — Contributor — 1 copy

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engaging story about the rich and the poor
 
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betty_s | 99 other reviews | Nov 27, 2023 |
Loved it, couldn't get enough, then lost steam. It happens a lot with me and TC Boyle.
 
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Works
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Members
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Popularity
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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
754
Languages
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Favorited
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Touchstones
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