Used-Acceptable: A readable copy. Full of highlighting, marking and writing, Access codes and supplements are not included.

Used-Acceptable: A readable copy. Full of highlighting, marking and writing, Access codes and supplements are not included.

Trade paperback. 271 p. Audience: General/trade.

Trade paperback. 271 p. Audience: General/trade.

Damaged copy, for reading only Standard-sized.

Damaged copy, for reading only Standard-sized.

Size: 6x1x9; Paperback book in good condition.

Size: 6x1x9; Paperback book in good condition.

New York. 2000. September 2000. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good

New York. 2000. September 2000. Viking Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670891770. 271 pages. hardcover. Jacket art by Marty Blake. keywords: Literature America. FROM THE PUBLISHER-In his eighth novel, T. C. Boyle blends idealism and satire in a story that addresses the ultimate questions of human love and the survival of the species. It is the year 2025, and Tyrone O'Shaughnessy Tierwater is eking out a bleak living in Southern California, managing a pop star's private menagerie of the species ‘only a mother could love'-scruffy hyenas, jackals, warthogs and three down-at-the-mouth lions. Global warming is a reality. The biosphere has collapsed in a grim but pointed way, and most of the major mammalian species-not to mention fish, birds and frogs-are extinct. At one time, as we see in alternating chapters, Ty was a passionate environmentalist, so committed to saving the earth that he became an eco-terrorist and, ultimately, a convicted felon. As a member of the radical environmental group Earth Forever! , he unwittingly endangered both his wife, Andrea, and his daughter, Sierra (who herself became an icon of the Movement as an inveterate tree-sitter in the late nineties). Now, when he's just trying to survive in a world torn by obdurate storms and winnowing drought, Andrea comes back into his life. Both gritty and surreal, A FRIEND OF THE EARTH represents a high-water mark in Boyle's career-his deep streak of social concern is effortlessly blended here with real compassion for his characters and the spirit of sheer exhilarating playfulness readers have come to expect of his work. inventory #15870.

IMP: Acceptable- Do not include ACCESS CODE, CD-ROM or companion materials

IMP: Acceptable- Do not include ACCESS CODE, CD-ROM or companion materials even if stated in item title. It may contain highlighting/markings throughout, and the covers and corners may show shelf wear. Corners, pages may be dent. All text is legible. A

First Edition. Near fine. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

First Edition. Near fine. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Signed. Signed by author! . Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.

Signed. Signed by author! . Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.

Mystery. SIGNED. Signed & Dated on Title Page.

Mystery. SIGNED. Signed & Dated on Title Page.

Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page.

Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page.