T.C. Boyle Quote
It was then that my gaze happened to fall on the bookcase, on the gap there, where the old paperback of Nine Stories had fallen flat. Where's the thing? I said. What thing? The mesh. My . She shrugged. I tossed it. Tossed it? Where? What do you mean? In the next moment I was in the kitchen, flipping open the lid of the trash can, only to find it empty. You mean outside? I shouted. In the dumpster? When I came thundering back into the room, she still hadn't moved. Jesus, what were you thinking? That was mine. I wanted that. I wanted to keep it. Her lips barely moved. It was dirty.
T.C. Boyle
It was then that my gaze happened to fall on the bookcase, on the gap there, where the old paperback of Nine Stories had fallen flat. Where's the thing? I said. What thing? The mesh. My . She shrugged. I tossed it. Tossed it? Where? What do you mean? In the next moment I was in the kitchen, flipping open the lid of the trash can, only to find it empty. You mean outside? I shouted. In the dumpster? When I came thundering back into the room, she still hadn't moved. Jesus, what were you thinking? That was mine. I wanted that. I wanted to keep it. Her lips barely moved. It was dirty.
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About T.C. Boyle
Thomas Coraghessan Boyle (born December 2, 1948) is an American novelist and short story writer. Since the mid-1970s, he has published nineteen novels and more than 150 short stories. He won the PEN/Faulkner award in 1988, for his third novel, World's End, which recounts 300 years in upstate New York.
He was previously a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.
He was previously a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.