Greasy Lake and Other Stories (Contemporary American Fiction)
Stories ranging from the farcical to the mythic present the doings and darings of an aging Latin ball player, an Elvis Presley look-alike, a survivalist, and other figures of our times
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Mythic and realistic, farcical and tragic, The Washington Post Book World says these masterful stories markT. Coraghessan Boyle's development from "a prodigy's audacity to something that packs even more of a wallop: mature artistry." They cover everything, from a terrifying encounter between a bunch of suburban adolescents and a murderous, drug-dealing biker, to a touching though doomed love affair between Eisenhower and Nina Khruschev.
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