The second volume of collected short fiction from American master T.C. Boyle, including his previous three collections and fourteen new stories

This vast volume contains some of the best, funniest, bleakest, most unsettling short stories I've ever read ... Incredibly good - a book to savour The Times Complicated characters, like twists, are among the orthodox pleasures on offer here ... You don't feel cheated, reading Boyle - while the head knows there's manipulation and artifice, the heart thumps Observer An important book that contains revelation, tension and beauty -- Philip Womack Daily Telegraph Boyle has a talent for describing events we may never experience with an arresting matter-of-factness. There is a thrill to this, and to not knowing where he will take us next -- Chris Power Guardian His stories reveal truths about modern life while still feeling beautifully invented New York Times

T.C. Boyle is the New York Times bestselling author of nine collections of stories and fourteen novels, most recently San Miguel. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages and won a PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. He is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and lives in California.