Friend of the Earth

"Most of the themes that Boyle entertains here--the consequences of American excess and media hype, the vagaries of class, the macho male's secret fear of women--have appeared in his fiction before. But here he sets himself the challenge of using his impressive arsenal of literary tricks and tropes in the service of a more earnest exploration. The ecological D-Day he posits is compelling and complex....Progress, Boyle tells us, is never a clear climb. This assured novel gives us haunting images to prove the point...."Boyle, T. C. is the author of 'Friend of the Earth', published 2001 under ISBN 9780141002057 and ISBN 0141002050.