Known for his blend of black humor and slightly off-kilter characters, T. Coraghessan Boyle has garnered a reputation for inserting verbal pyrotechnics and a bizarre mix of subjects in his novels and ...
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Since 1979 T. Coraghessan Boyle has wondered, sometimes with a strong hint of the irony that pervades most of his fiction, why he has not become as popular a writer as John Irving, John Updike, or eve...
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Much of the appeal of T. Coraghessan Boyle's novels and stories is in his creation of outrageous characters, bizarre situations, and deliberately inflated comparisons. Hip, erudite, and audacious, his...
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Towers is an American educator, novelist, and critic. In the following excerpt, he observes that, although Boyle's satire is "more farcical than witty," East Is East is a funny bo...
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Rosenheim is an American novelist and critic. In the following review of East Is East, he praises Boyle's vivid, humorous style.
T. Coraghessan Boyle writes a rich and masterful prose which enh...
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In the excerpt below, Bull comments on Boyle's The Collected Stories, nothing the opposition between body and reason and the prominence of such motifs as water and alcohol.
If Haile Selassie, w...
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In the following excerpt, Mort comments favorably on Without a Hero, and Other Stories.
If he wants to, Boyle can summon the angst for your standard realistic novel. In this collection's title ...
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Below, the critic presents a favorable review of Without a Hero, and Other Stories.
Most effective of the 16 technically ingenious and rudely funny, satirical stories in Boyle's fourth collecti...
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Moore is an American short story writer, novelist, educator, and critic. In the review below, she remarks favorably on the stories in Without a Hero but laments Boyle's inability to go beyond s...
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In the following review of If the River Was Whiskey, Kakutani contends that Boyle, now depicting yuppies rather than hippies, has here used his "disparate talents" to produce "sho...
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Benedict is an American novelist, short story writer, and critic. In the following review of If the River Was Whiskey, she praises Boyle's humorous, satiric treatment of contemporary society as...
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An American critic and journalist, Eder received the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1987. In the following review, he contends that the stories in If the River Was Whiskey are flawed by Boyle'...
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Below, Ulin favorably reviews If the River Was Whiskey.
T. Coraghessan Boyle has never been one to shy away from the challenges of his own imagination. Throughout the course of his career, he has writ...
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In the following excerpt from an essay based on an interview with Boyle, Stanton discusses Boyle's education and provides an overview of his career up to the publication of East Is East.
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Godwin is an American novelist, short story writer, and critic. In the following review, she praises Boyle's "virtuoso language" and "cross-cultural insights" in Eas...
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In the following review, Conant disparages East Is East's plotting, characterization, and prose as superficial.
A young sailor in the Japanese Merchant Marine, Hiro Tanaka, jumps ship off the c...
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In the following review of East Is East, Hymes asserts that Boyle's characterization and plotting serve short stories better than novels but notes that his wit prevents the book from becoming t...
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T. Coraghessan Boyle
T(homas) Coraghessan Boyle
