The Relive Box and Other StoriesWhile T. C. Boyle is known as one of our greatest American novelists, he is also an acknowledged master of the short story and is perhaps at his funniest, his most moving, and his most surprising in the short form. In The Relive Box, Boyle's sharp wit and rich imagination combine with a penetrating social consciousness to produce raucous, poignant, and expansive short stories defined by an inimitable voice. From the collection's title story, featuring

But when his best friend

and the thrill of performing and in some cases partying with the likes of the Rolling Stones

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Inside the city walls an intricate diplomatic dance is taking place and Richard Sharpe faces more than one enemy

“One climbs a mountain not to conquer it

and that the Quran makes it obligatory for its adherents to not engage in violence except in self-defence

There’s a future with Quince on land

combining our individual biological characteristics

” —Laura Jane Williams

Cleo scolds the ambitious

and adapting your physical facilities

Abducted and abused by the same man