A Friend of the Earth
Author: T. Coraghessan Boyle
If, as we are frequently cautioned, ecological collapse is imminent, the future might someday resemble T.C. Boyle’s vision of Southern California, circa 2025: strafing wind, extortionate heat, vast species extinction, and a ramshackle, dispirited populace. A more bleak backdrop–part Blade Runner, part Silent Spring–for his eighth novel is difficult to imagine. But the ev….Read More
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