Author(s): T.C. Boyle

Fiction

Maverick, unpredictable and accomplished, T.C. Boyle has been called the ‘trickster of American letters’. The sixteen short stories of After the Plague veer superbly from the psychological to the slapstick, from surrealism to satire; think tragic and humorous; provocative and gently affectionate; unnerving but addictive. The opening gambit of 'Termination Dust' brings a planeload of 107 women to the messed-up man-heavy 170-strong population of Boynton, Alaska as they prepare for one, snowed-in, winter-long night; the insanely rich 'Black and White Sisters' attempt to buy a world without colour;