After the Plague

'Boyle is one of the most intelligent and wellrespected writers of his generation, continually flexing a literary muscle most writers don't even know they have' The Times Maverick, unpredictable and accomplished, T. C.

Boyle has been called the 'trickster of American letters'. After The Plague is his latest collection of short stories tales that veer superbly from the psychological to the slapstick, from surrealism to satire, once again proving him to be one of America's most formidable writers.

If these are adventure stories, they are adventures of the mind and heart... Boyle writes so beautifully'

Guardian "After the Plague is a superb collection: hip, funny, perceptive and disturbing. Read it' Scotsman "Boyle is a master of structure, his stories beautifully engineered machines which he spray-paints with graffiti' Independent 'Few contemporary American authors write with such obvious affection for careful narrative structure, language and imagination as Boyle, and nowhere is this more evident than in this endlessly inventive and entertaining collection' Scotland on Sunday 'Boyle's books fizz with mordant wit, and this is no exception. Boyle has the ability to create devastating situations, lighten them with a satirical gleam and then twist them into the kind of joke that makes your stomach hurt' Daily Mail