Wild child : stories / by T. Coraghessan Boyle.
| Author/creator | Boyle, T. Coraghessan |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2010. |
| Description | 304 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Title on cover : Wild child-- and other stories-- |
| Contents | Balto -- La conchita -- Question 62 -- Sin dolor -- Bulletproof -- Hands on -- The lie -- The unlucky mother of Aquiles Maldonado -- Admiral -- Ash Monday -- Thirteen hundred rats -- Anacapa -- Three quarters of the way to hell -- Wild child. |
| Abstract | With trademark imagination, T.C. Boyle presents a collection of fourteen short stories. In the volume's title story, Victor, a feral boy in Napoleonic France, is captured and is introduced to civilization for the first time. However it is the child't captors that end up learning the most about humanity and civility. |
| LCCN | 2009026518 |
| ISBN | 9780670021420 |
| ISBN | 0670021423 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3552.O932 W53 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |