T. Coraghessan Boyle (Identities and Issues in Literature)

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The biographical facts of T. Coraghessan Boyle’s life abound with the incongruous juxtapositions that one finds in his fiction. Born and reared in Peekskill, a town in New York’s historic Hudson Valley, he has moved to teach in Southern California. A troubled son of alcoholic parents who himself indulged in a weekend heroin habit, he achieved early distinction for his fiction and has become that rare writer who earns critical respect and a wide audience.

Boyle was born Thomas John Boyle in 1948, but officially changed his middle name to Coraghessan...

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