Tooth and Claw

The fourteen stories gathered here display T.C. Boyle's imaginative muscle, emotional sensitivity and astonishing range. There are the whimsical tales for which Boyle is justly famous, 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. With these compelling and always entertaining stories, Boyle proves once again that he is "a writer who can take any topic and spin a yarn too good to put down" (Men's Journal).