Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!unc!wfi From: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Re: T. Coraghessan Boyle Message-ID: <217@unc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 16-Mar-85 15:02:52 EST Article-I.D.: unc.217 Posted: Sat Mar 16 15:02:52 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 18-Mar-85 02:12:11 EST References: Reply-To: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly) Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 19 Summary: (Mild spoiler) I second the motion; T. C. Boyle is a lot of fun. I like ALL the stories in "Descent Of Man," especially the title story (about Jane Good, who works (of course) with chimpanzees and her relationship with one of her subjects; it's narrated by her POSSSLQ, who she affectionately refers to as 'potpie'), a story about a man trying to get into an all-women's restaurant who decides to make the ultimate sacrifice at the end of the story to attain his goal, and the story about the beer can collector's search for a can of Quetzalcoatl Lite, the brew of the ancient Aztecs. "Water Music" is also fun; it's about the fictional adventures of Mungo Parks in Africa. Mungo Parks was a real-life 18th (?) century explorer. His latest novel, "Budding Prospects: A Pastoral" is about some wild and crazy California types trying to raise marijuana in the hills. Unfortunately, I don't find B. P. as rewarding a read as his short stories or W. M.