Boyle greasy lake greasy lake its about a mile down on the dark side of route 88. Bruce springsteen there was a time when courtesy and winning ways went out of style, when it was good to be bad, when you cultivated decadence like a taste. Alfred kinsey, a charming professor of zoology at indiana. Audie prize, 2007, for best audio performance by a writer the tortilla curtain. Mythic and realistic, farcical and tragic, the washington post book world says these masterful stories mark t. Boyle stories, which features fourteen tales never before brought out in book form, boyle. Start reading greasy lake and other stories on your kindle in under a minute. Boyle has been developing a growing reputation among lovers of rich comic writing for his handful of previous stories and novels. It is showing as available for preorder on audible. Boyle is the author of 15 books, including drop city, nominated for a. In the beginning of the narrative, the lake represents a spot that is secluded from the world of. In the 1980s, when i was reading boyle s early shortstory collections descent of man 1979 and greasy lake 1985 i was often surprised to find him described as wacky. You can find the story by browsing inside the digital version of the book.
Spirit in the night inspired boyles short story greasy lake. Boyle stories, which features fourteen tales never before brought out in book form, boyle performs two tales and sits for a conversation with james. He won the penfaulkner award in 1988 for his novel worlds end, and the prix medicis. Silver medal for literature, 55th annual awards, 1986 greasy lake. Boyle has crafted a captivating tale with memorable characters and a rollicking plot that will delight both his longtime devotees and a legion of new fans. Greasy lake, a short story about danger, adolescence, and summer. The inner circle is a love story narrated by john milk, a virginal young man, who in 1940 accepts a job as an assistant to dr. Greasy lake and other stories contemporary american. Coraghessan boyle published in 1985 by viking press. Also, check out a reading from his new book, the wild child. If you have an amazon account but not yet an audible account you may well have a clicky link somewhere on your amazon front page offering a free first book. Boyles description of how he begins his writing routine is psycho crazy. Greasy lake and other stories contemporary american fiction. There was a time when courtesy and winning ways went out.
Boyle reads a short story excerpt live from the nypl duration. He won the penfaulkner award in 1988 for his novel worlds end, and the prix medicis etranger for the tortilla curtain in 1995, as well as the 2014 henry david thoreau. Coraghessan boyle is the author of twentyeight books of fiction, including, most. Boyle has published fourteen novels and ten collections of short stories. Boyle 19s 1cgreasy lake 1d was placed on a banned book list by a. But worlds end is one of those dramatic leaps forward that show an ac. He won the penfaulkner award in 1988, for his third novel, worlds end. Boyle read from one of his early short stories, back at the eocene at.