{"product_id":"tooth-and-claw-9780143037439","title":"Tooth and Claw","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “fierce [and] funny” (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly) \u003c\/i\u003ecollection of fourteen stories exploring humanity’s wild side, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tortilla Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Whether Boyle is breaking your heart or making you laugh, you just don’t care because he is so darned good at it.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe fourteen stories gathered here display Boyle’s imaginative muscle, emotional sensitivity, and astonishing range. There are whimsical tales, including “Swept Away,” which tells of a female ornithologist who falls in love on the blustery island of Unst, and “The Kind Assassin,” about a bored and loveless radio shock jock who sets the world record for most continuous hours without sleep—and who may never sleep again. In the title story, a young man must contend with a vicious feral cat from Africa that he won in a bar bet. And in “Dogology,” a young woman in suburban New England becomes so obsessed with man’s best friend that she begins to lose her own identity to a pack of strays.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMuscular, provocative, and blurring the boundaries between humans and nature, the funny and the shocking, \u003ci\u003eTooth and Claw\u003c\/i\u003e is Boyle at his best.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62250084794755,"sku":"9780143037439","price":24.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780143037439.jpg?v=1785417403","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/tooth-and-claw-9780143037439","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}