About the Author
T. C. Boyle is the author of thirteen novels, including "World s
End," which won the 1987 PEN/Faulkner Award; "Drop City," which was
a finalist for the National Book Award, and the "New York Times"
bestseller "The Women." He has also published nine collections of
stories and was the recipient of the prestigious PEN/Malmud Award
for Excellence in the short story. His stories appear in "The New
Yorker, GQ, Esquire, McSweeney s, " and" Playboy." A member of the
American Academy of Arts and Letters, he lives in California."
Reviews
Praise for "San Miguel"
An absorbing work of historical fiction based on the lives of two
real families who resided on San Miguel island in the 19th and 20th
centuries the intensity of Boyle s narrative never lets it flag.
Ron Charles, "The Washington Post
"
A saga of women, three women brought to the island by men Boyle has
carved out a beautiful, damp, atmospheric novel, sharp and exacting
[his] spirited novels are a reckoning with consequence laced with
humor, insight, and pathos. Terry Tempest Williams, "The San
Francisco Chronicle
"
Throughout his career, Boyle has shown a fascination with remote,
forgotten places as a kind of stage where various shadings of the
American character are revealed As always, he fills his pages with
wonderfully precise character studies and lush descriptions of the
physical landscape. Hector Tobar, "The Los Angeles Times
"
The story of two families who lived on the windiest and wildest of
the Channel Islands the layering of these isolated lives, the
archeology of human habitation, the different responses to
self-sufficiency make this one of the most satisfying novels in
Boyle s canon. Susan Salter Reynolds, "Los Angeles Magazine"
In T.C. Boyle s "San Miguel," two strong women generations apart
are seduced and mistreated by the same powerful entity not a man
but a starkly beautiful, barely inhabited island off the California
coast Boyle portrays the heartbreaking toll San Miguel takes on
these couples in a novel as beguiling as the island itself. "O The
Oprah Magazine
" In his latest novel, this prolific man of letters focuses on one
of his most engaging subjects: the inner lives of women Boyle
devotes meticulous attention to the unforgiving weather and the
challenges of sheer survival, to the mute compromises of marriage
and to the unspoken experience of all women who rage, endure, and
prevail. "More Magazine
" The pioneer mystique its romance, and its disillusions is the
subject of T.C. Boyle s "San Miguel," in which the promise of a
natural paradise draws two adventure-seeking women to the remote
Channel Islands, fifty years apart. "Vogue.com
"
Boyle s epic saga of struggle, loss, and resilience tackles Pacific
pioneer history with literary verve [he] subtly interweaves the
fates of Native Americans, Irish immigrants, Spanish and Italian
migrant workers, and Chinese fisherman into the Waters and Lesters
lives, but the novel is primarily a history of the land itself,
unchanging despite its various visitors and residents, and as
beautiful, imperfect, and unrelenting as Boyle s characters.
"Publishers Weekly
" A richly rewarding read As ever, Boyle s prose is vivid and
precise, and he imbues his subjects with wonderful complexity. The
perils and pleasures of island living, the limits to natural
resources, and the echoes of war all provide ample grist for his
mill. "ALA Booklist
" The fourteenth novel from Boyle returns to the Channel Islands
off the coast of California, a setting which served him so well in
his previous novel What may seem to some like paradise offers no
happy endings in this fine novel. "Kirkus Reviews
""
Praise for "San Miguel"
"An absorbing work of historical fiction based on the lives of two
real families who resided on San Miguel island in the 19th and 20th
centuries...the intensity of Boyle's narrative never lets it flag."
-Ron Charles, "The Washington Post
"
"A saga of women, three women brought to the island by men...Boyle
has carved out a beautiful, damp, atmospheric novel, sharp and
exacting...[his] spirited novels are a reckoning with consequence
laced with humor, insight, and pathos." -Terry Tempest Williams,
"The San Francisco Chronicle
"
"Throughout his career, Boyle has shown a fascination with remote,
forgotten places as a kind of stage where various shadings of the
American character are revealed...As always, he fills his pages
with wonderfully precise character studies and lush descriptions of
the physical landscape." -Hector Tobar, "The Los Angeles Times
"
"The story of two families who lived on the windiest and wildest of
the Channel Islands...the layering of these isolated lives, the
archeology of human habitation, the different responses to
self-sufficiency make this one of the most satisfying novels in
Boyle's canon." -Susan Salter Reynolds, "Los Angeles""
Magazine"
"In T.C. Boyle's "San Miguel," two strong women generations apart
are seduced and mistreated by the same powerful entity - not a man
but a starkly beautiful, barely inhabited island off the California
coast...Boyle portrays the heartbreaking toll San Miguel takes on
these couples in a novel as beguiling as the island itself." -"O
The Oprah Magazine
" "In his latest novel, this prolific man of letters focuses on one
of his most engaging subjects: the inner lives of women...Boyle
devotes meticulous attention to the unforgiving weather and the
challenges of sheer survival, to the mute compromises of marriage
and to the unspoken experience of all women who rage, endure, and
prevail." -"More Magazine
" "The pioneer mystique - itso
Praise for "San Miguel"
"In T.C. Boyle's "San Miguel," two strong women generations apart
are seduced and mistreated by the same powerful entity - not a man
but a starkly beautiful, barely inhabited island off the California
coast...Boyle portrays the heartbreaking toll San Miguel takes on
these couples in a novel as beguiling as the island itself." -"O
The Oprah Magazine
" "In his latest novel, this prolific man of letters focuses on one
of his most engaging subjects: the inner lives of women...Boyle
devotes meticulous attention to the unforgiving weather and the
challenges of sheer survival, to the mute compromises of marriage
and to the unspoken experience of all women who rage, endure, and
prevail." -"More Magazine
" "The pioneer mystique - its romance, and its disillusions - is
the subject of T.C. Boyle's "San Miguel," in which the promise of a
natural paradise draws two adventure-seeking women to the remote
Channel Islands, fifty years apart." -"Vogue.com
"
"Boyle's epic saga of struggle, loss, and resilience tackles
Pacific pioneer history with literary verve...[he] subtly
interweaves the fates of Native Americans, Irish immigrants,
Spanish and Italian migrant workers, and Chinese fisherman into the
Waters' and Lesters' lives, but the novel is primarily a history of
the land itself, unchanging despite its various visitors and
residents, and as beautiful, imperfect, and unrelenting as Boyle's
characters." - "Publishers Weekly
" "A richly rewarding read...As ever, Boyle's prose is vivid and
precise, and he imbues his subjects with wonderful complexity. The
perils and pleasures of island living, the limits to natural
resources, and the echoes of war all provide ample grist for his
mill." - "ALA"" Booklist
" "The fourteenth novel from Boyle returns to the Channel Islands
off the coast of California, a setting which served him so well in
his previous novel...What may seem to some like paradise offers no
happy end
Praise for "San Miguel"
"Boyle's epic saga of struggle, loss, and resilience tackles
Pacific pioneer history with literary verve...[he] subtly
interweaves the fates of Native Americans, Irish immigrants,
Spanish and Italian migrant workers, and Chinese fisherman into the
Waters' and Lesters' lives, but the novel is primarily a history of
the land itself, unchanging despite its various visitors and
residents, and as beautiful, imperfect, and unrelenting as Boyle's
characters." - "Publishers Weekly
" "A richly rewarding read...As ever, Boyle's prose is vivid and
precise, and he imbues his subjects with wonderful complexity. The
perils and pleasures of island living, the limits to natural
resources, and the echoes of war all provide ample grist for his
mill." - "ALA"" Booklist
" "The fourteenth novel from Boyle returns to the Channel Islands
off the coast of California, a setting which served him so well in
his previous novel...What may seem to some like paradise offers no
happy endings in this fine novel." - "Kirkus Reviews
"
