A Death in Kitchawank, and Other Stories

By: T. C. Boyle

Narrated by: T. C. Boyle

Few authors write with such sheer love of story and language as T. C. Boyle, and that is nowhere more evident than in his inventive, wickedly funny, and always entertaining short stories. Here are 14 new tales previously unpublished in book form.

By turns mythic and realistic, farcical and tragic, ironic and moving, Boyle's stories have mapped a wide range of human emotions. The stories here reflect his maturing themes. They find Boyle engagingly testing his characters' emotional and physical endurance, whether it's a group of giants being bred as weapons of war in a fictional Latin American country, a Russian woman who ignores dire warnings in returning to her radiation-contaminated home, a hermetic writer who gets more than a break in his routine when he travels to receive a minor award, or a man in a California mountain town who goes a little too far in his concern for a widow.

©2013 T. C. Boyle (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Nobody does it better.

TC Boyle reading his own stories is simply nirvana. Usually I don't care for writers narrating their own work, but Boyle reads the way he writes---like a house on fire.

not my favorite

As a huge fan of Boyle, I was disappointed with this collection of short stories -- kind of aimless meandering with lots of detail thrown in.

Left me wanting more

I read TC Boyle in a college course and was excited about this book. When each story ended it left me wanting more, which I guess is a good thing but also frustrating. He’s a great narrator & storyteller but I want to know the endings! lol

Well-written Collection

Like all of T.C. Boyle, very detailed and engrossing imagery but I have to admit this work didn’t hold my interest. I just didn’t much care about what he was writing. Sorry, but still a fan.

Story books are not for me

First time reading a "story book", and was disappointed at the end of each story; feeling I wanted to know more.
I skipped 2 of them because they didn't hold my interest.
However... I love T.C. Boyle and I think he is a wonderful author and when he narrates some of his books, they truly come alive.