A Friend of the Earth (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: T. Coraghessan Boyle
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1989-2026
- Setting: California and Oregon
- Principal Characters: Tyrone (“Ty”) O’Shaughnessy Tierwater, Andrea Knowles Cotton Tierwater, Sierra Tierwater, Maclovio Pulchris
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Future, Twenty-first century, California, Environment or environmental health, Oregon, Activism, Greenhouse effect or global warming
- Locales: California, Oregon
T. C. Boyle’s eighth novel, A Friend of the Earth, presents its story of environmental warning in chapters alternating between the late twentieth century and the 2020’s. The prologue introduces Tyrone (“Ty”) Tierwater in 2025 as a seventy-five-year-old caretaker on aging rock star Maclovio Pulchris’s isolated estate in the mountains above Santa Barbara. Ty and Mac share a passion for preserving the few animal species remaining in a world devastated by global warming. Mac is especially interested in saving the ugly animals that no one else wants, so the compound hosts...
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