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T.C. Boyle was born Thomas John Boyle, the son of Thomas John Boyle, a school bus driver, and his wife Rosemary Post Boyle (later Rosemary Murphy), a school secretary. [4] He grew up in Peekskill, New York and changed his middle name to Coraghessan when he was 17 after an ancestor of his mother.
The Tortilla Curtain is a 1995 novel by American author T.C. Boyle. [1] It is about middle-class values, illegal immigration, xenophobia, poverty, and environmental destruction. In 1997, it was awarded the French Prix Médicis Étranger prize for best foreign novel. [2]
The Road to Wellville is a 1993 novel by American author T. C. Boyle. [1] Set in Battle Creek, Michigan, during the early days of breakfast cereals, the story includes a historical fictionalization of John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor of corn flakes.
The Terranauts is a novel by T. C. Boyle, published in October 2016 by Ecco. [1] It is set in a glassed-in biodome in Arizona, closely similar to the real-life Biosphere II. The plot focuses on two of the inside crew and one jealous outsider. [2] [3]
The Harder They Come is a novel by T. C. Boyle published in March 2015. It is loosely based on events in the life of Aaron Bassler, who, like Adam Stensen in the novel, was the subject of a manhunt in Mendocino County, California for 36 days in 2011.
Outside Looking In is a novel by American author T. C. Boyle.It was published on April 9, 2019. [1] It takes place during the Harvard LSD experiments of the early 1960s. [2] A version of Timothy Leary appears as a character, depicted as a "blend of cheerfulness and manipulation."
When the Killing's Done is a 2011 novel by T. C. Boyle.The book is an environmental and family drama revolving around the Channel Islands of California—specifically Anacapa and Santa Cruz—and the controversy surrounding efforts by the National Park Service and its partners to eradicate invasive species and revitalize the islands' natural communities.
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