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A Friend of the Earth

Boyle, T. Coraghessan (Book - 2001)
Average Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5.
A Friend of the Earth


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In the tradition of The Tortilla Curtain , T.C. Boyle blends idealism and satire in a story that addresses the universal questions of human love and the survival of the species. In the year 2025 global warming is a reality, the biosphere has collapsed, and 75-year-old environmentalist Ty Tierwater is

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In the tradition of The Tortilla Curtain , T.C. Boyle blends idealism and satire in a story that addresses the universal questions of human love and the survival of the species. In the year 2025 global warming is a reality, the biosphere has collapsed, and 75-year-old environmentalist Ty Tierwater is eking out a living as care-taker of a pop star's private zoo when his second ex-wife re-enters his life. Both gritty and surreal, A Friend of the Earth represents a high-water mark in Boyle's career-his deep streak of social concern is effortlessly blended here with genuine compassion for his characters and the spirit of sheer exhilarating playfulness readers have come to expect from his work.

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Author: Boyle, T. Coraghessan
Title: A friend of the earth
Publisher: Penguin
Imprint: New York : - Penguin
Pages: 349
ISBN: 0141002050, 9780141002057
Language: English
Notes: First published by in the U.S.A. by Viking Penguin 2000.
Statement of responsibility: T. Coraghessan Boyle
Characteristics: 349 p. ;,20 cm.
Author (Original Script): Boyle, T. Coraghessan
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  • jen2222 rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

I was just thinking about The Road and how I love end of the world books and I thought of this one I read a while back. So great....and with an enviromental message....the constant rain, ugly zoo animals and rice wine!

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