| Riven Rock Contributor(s): Boyle, T. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 014027166X ISBN-13: 9780140271669 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: In his most fully realized and compassionate novel to date, T.C. Boyle transforms two characters straight out of history into rich, mythic creations whose tortured love and epic story is intimate enough to break readers' hearts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97034632 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.11" W x 7.77" (0.71 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: T. C. Boyle's seventh novel transforms two characters straight out of history into rich mythic figures whose tortured love story is as heartbreaking as it is hilarious. It is the dawn of the twentieth century when the beautiful, budding feminist Katherine Dexter falls in love with Stanley McCormick, son of a millionaire inventor. The two wed, but before the marriage is consummated, Stanley experiences a nervous breakdown and is diagnosed as a schizophrenic sex maniac. Locked up for the rest of his life at Riven Rock, the family's California mansion, Stanley is treated by a series of confident doctors determined to cure him. But his true salvation lies with Katherine who, throughout her career as a scientist and suffragette, continues a patient vigil from beyond the walls of Riven Rock, never losing hope that one day Stanley will be healed. Blending social history with some of the most deliciously dark humor ever written, Boyle employs his hallmark virtuoso prose to tell the story of America's age of innocence--and of a love affair that is as extraordinary as it is unforgettable. |