{"product_id":"tooth-and-claw-and-other-stories","title":"Tooth and Claw: and Other Stories","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTooth and Claw: and Other Stories\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eT C Boyle\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143037439\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Publishing Group\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2006\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e284\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"fierce [and] funny\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly) \u003c\/i\u003ecollection of fourteen stories exploring humanity's wild side, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Whether Boyle is breaking your heart or making you laugh, you just don't care because he is so darned good at it.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fourteen stories gathered here display Boyle's imaginative muscle, emotional sensitivity, and astonishing range. There are whimsical tales, including \"Swept Away,\" which tells of a female ornithologist who falls in love on the blustery island of Unst, and \"The Kind Assassin,\" about a bored and loveless radio shock jock who sets the world record for most continuous hours without sleep--and who may never sleep again. In the title story, a young man must contend with a vicious feral cat from Africa that he won in a bar bet. And in \"Dogology,\" a young woman in suburban New England becomes so obsessed with man's best friend that she begins to lose her own identity to a pack of strays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuscular, provocative, and blurring the boundaries between humans and nature, the funny and the shocking, \u003ci\u003eTooth and Claw\u003c\/i\u003e is Boyle at his best.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Tooth and Claw: and Other Stories | T C Boyle | Paperback | 9780143037439 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks A 1776408","offer_id":49725725737112,"sku":"1776408","price":174.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71KckwNrSoL.jpg?v=1787335365","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/tooth-and-claw-and-other-stories","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}