{"product_id":"tooth-and-claw-t-c-boyle-9780143037439","title":"Tooth and Claw: and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"fierce [and] funny\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly) \u003c\/i\u003ecollection of fourteen stories exploring humanity's wild side, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Whether Boyle is breaking your heart or making you laugh, you just don't care because he is so darned good at it.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fourteen stories gathered here display Boyle's imaginative muscle, emotional sensitivity, and astonishing range. There are whimsical tales, including \"Swept Away,\" which tells of a female ornithologist who falls in love on the blustery island of Unst, and \"The Kind Assassin,\" about a bored and loveless radio shock jock who sets the world record for most continuous hours without sleep--and who may never sleep again. In the title story, a young man must contend with a vicious feral cat from Africa that he won in a bar bet. And in \"Dogology,\" a young woman in suburban New England becomes so obsessed with man's best friend that she begins to lose her own identity to a pack of strays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuscular, provocative, and blurring the boundaries between humans and nature, the funny and the shocking, \u003ci\u003eTooth and Claw\u003c\/i\u003e is Boyle at his best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. C. Boyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143037439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143037439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 5.10w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/02\/2006 pg. 20","brand":"T. C. Boyle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47072000540927,"sku":"9780143037439","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08dc21c1-69b3-4b85-8892-f1eb0614037f.jpg?v=1753415519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tooth-and-claw-t-c-boyle-9780143037439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}