T. Coraghessan Boyle
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Major Issues Major IssuesThe critique of consumeristic, superficial contemporary American society is a theme that reviewers and critics have identified throughout T. Coraghessan Boyle’s fiction. Boyle is usually labeled a comic writer, and critics point to his humorous, unexpected mixture of icons and conventions from both literary and pop cultures. He is a satirist, who draws our attention to the silliness of late 20th century life. His writing has also been called "comic horror," however. Scholars note the prominence of violence, paranoia, and alienation in Boyle’s fiction. Other critics have examined his technique of exaggerating everyday situations to absurd, nightmarish proportions. The grotesque and the bizarre, left deliberately unexplained, are commonly recognized features in Boyle’s stories. Author LinksAll About T. Coraghessan BoyleResource Center Helpful website which gives biographical information, as well as listing Boyle’s works, and Boyle criticism and links. Featured Author: T. Coraghessan Boyle Reviews of Boyle’s books, plus articles by and about Boyle from The New York Times Archives. T. Coraghessan Boyle Home Page Official Boyle website presenting photos, biography, reader’s guides, excerpts, a message board with frequent posts by Boyle himself, and more. This Monkey, My Back Autobiographical essay in which Boyle reflects on how he became a writer. T. Coraghessan Boyle December 2000 interview in which Boyle talks about eco-sabotage and his sense of hopelessness about the future.
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