If the River Was Whiskey
by T. C. Boyle
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670826901
- ISBN 13
- 9780670826902
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Synopsis
In sixteen stories, T.C. Boyle tears through the walls of contemporary society to reveal a world at once comic and tragic, droll and horrific. 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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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PARSboyRWW
- Title
- If the River Was Whiskey
- Author
- T. C. Boyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670826901
- ISBN 13
- 9780670826902
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989-01-01
- Size
- 20x20x20
- X weight
- 15 oz
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