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Books Inc. Presents Sunday Afternoon at The Chapel - T.C. Boyle in conversation with John McMurtrie
Spend Sunday Afternoon at The Chapel with PEN/Faulkner Prize-winner T.C. Boyle discussing his latest novel, The Harder They Come, with book editor for The San Francisco Chronicle John McMurtrie.
Set in contemporary Northern California, The Harder They Come explores the volatile connections between three damaged people--an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son's paranoid, much older lover--as they careen towards an explosive confrontation.
On a vacation cruise to Central America with his wife, seventy-year-old Sten Stensen unflinchingly kills a gun-wielding robber menacing a busload of senior tourists. The reluctant hero is relieved to return home to Fort Bragg, California, after the ordeal--only to find that his delusional son, Adam, has spiraled out of control.
Adam has become involved with Sara Hovarty Jennings, a hardened member of the Sovereign Citizens' Movement, right-wing anarchists who refuse to acknowledge the laws and regulations of the state, considering them to be false and non-applicable. Adam's senior by some fifteen years, Sara becomes his protector and inamorata. As Adam's mental state fractures, he becomes increasingly schizophrenic--a breakdown that leads him to shoot two people in separate instances. On the run, he takes to the woods, spurring the biggest manhunt in California history.
As he explores a father's legacy of violence and his powerlessness in relating to his equally violent son, T. C. Boyle offers unparalleled psychological insights into the American psyche. Inspired by a true story, The Harder They Come is a devastating and indelible novel from a modern master.
About John McMurtrie: John McMurtrie is the book editor of The San Francisco Chronicle. His writing has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, the Toronto Globe and Mail, and the International Herald Tribune, where he got his start in journalism 25 years ago not including a stint as a paperboy for the Boston Globe.
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LocationThe Chapel (View)
777 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
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