Blue Skies - A Novel (Hardcover)

Denied a dog, a baby, and even a faithful boyfriend, Cat decides that she needs a snake: a glistening, writhing creature that can be worn like "jewelry, living jewelry." But when the budding social influencer finally gives in to impulse, buying a Burmese python from a local pet shop, she sets in motion a chain of increasingly dire events that culminates in one of the most memorable denouements in recent fiction, one that ensnares her entire family, from her eco-obsessed parents, Ottilie and Frank, to her frat-boy-turned-husband, Todd. But there's more than meets the eye in this compulsive family drama. Lurking beneath the banal facade of twenty-first-century California and Florida is a caricature of materialist American society that doubles as a prophetic warning about our planet's future. An ecothriller with teeth, Blue Skies is vibrant, penetrating satire that reveals the inexpressible sadness at the heart of our existence.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2023
Authors:	T.C. Boyle
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-1-324-09302-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Science fiction
LSN:	1-324-09302-1
Barcode:	9781324093022

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