Blue Skies by T.C. Boyle

The joyfully freewheeling, funny and profound new novel from ?_~one of the most inventive, adventurous and accomplished fiction writers in the US today?_T (Lionel Shriver)Welcome to America. On the east coast, homes are being swallowed by the ocean; on the west coast, California is engulfed with wildfire. But for one family, the impending environmental disaster is the least of their worries. Party girl Cat just impulse-purchased a snake; her pious brother Cooper is wrestling with a tic bite; and their mom Ottilie has resorted to cooking with crickets. Everyone is drinking too much ?_" and the bugs seems to be disappearing. It seems as if it's anything but blue skies ahead... A delightfully dark comedy of manners about family life at the end of the world, Blue Skies is a masterful new adventure from one of the America?_Ts great comic writers. _______________'Always enjoyable, virtually incapable of dullness or slack sentences ?_? His stories reveal truths about modern life while still feeling beautifully invented' - NEW YORK TIMES'A virtuoso craftsman' - ANNIE PROULX'Boyle is a writer who chooses a large canvas and fills it to the edges' - BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Binding: Paperback / softback