Descent of Man Stories

<b>Seventeen short stories from the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Tortilla Curtain</i>, “the sort of writer who inspires even poker-faced writers to grin and start dusting off their superlatives” (<i>The Washington Post Book World</i>).</b><br><b> </b><br><b>“<i>Descent of Man </i>is loaded with energetic language. . . . Boyle is capable of the sublime.”—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br> <br>In seventeen slices of life that defy the expected and launch us into the absurd, T.C. Boyle offers his unique view of the world. A primate-center researcher becomes romantically involved with a chimp; a Norse poet overcomes bard-block; collectors compete to snare the ancient Aztec beer can, Quetzalcóatl Lite; and Lassie abandons Timmy for a randy coyote.<br> <br>Dark humor, delirious fantasy, and surreal satire come together in this collection that brilliantly expresses just what the “evolution” of mankind has wrought.