Review: TC Boyle's 'Stories II'

... a modish figure, whose trademark goatee beard and ear-jewellery enhance the counter-culture image. Born in 1948 in Peekskill, New York, Boyle claims not to have read a book until he was 18. His Irish immigrant parents had little time for literature ...

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