The Inner Circle (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: T. Coraghessan Boyle
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1940's and 1950's
- Setting: Bloomington, Indiana
- Principal Characters: John Milk, Iris Milk, Alfred C. Kinsey, Clara Kinsey, Purvis Corcoran, Violet Corcoran
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s
- Locales: Indiana
In the ten novels that he wrote prior to The Inner Circle, T. Coraghessan Boyle regularly juxtaposes the timeless to the timely. His characters are invariably products of their era, their behavior shaped by the spirit of the age and the circumstances of the historical moment. At the same time, they usually express instinctive urges and hungers that are comically contradictory to the values people of their class and culture are expected to embrace. In several of his novels, Boyle has used an actual historical personality to crystallize this dichotomy: the explorer Mungo Park in...
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