Boyle, T. Coraghessan

In the year 2025, with major plant and animal groups extinct from global warming and environmental misuse, an aging former eco-terrorist finds himself tending a rock star's animal menagerie and looking back on his life.

Contains a collection of short stories such as "Ike and Nina," "All Shook Up," "A bird in Hand," and "Rara Avis.".

A young Japanese seaman, inspired by dreams of the City of Brotherly Love and trained in the way of the samurai, jumps ship off the coast of Georgia.

Tells the explosive story of yuppies, Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, a stay-at-home dad and his real-estate whiz wife, and their clash with C?ndido and Am?rica Rinc?n, illegal aliens who have crossed into California from Mexico and are living in a camp awaiting the birth of their baby.

Presents a collection of thirteen short stories by best-selling author T.C. Boyle that are directed at teenagers and chronicle the unique experience of American life.

Traces an incrementally violent confrontation between a National Park Service biologist who would eradicate invasive wildlife on the Channel Islands and two locals who are fiercely opposed to the killing of any creatures.