T. C. Boyle's zeitgeisty take on a tale as old as time: a love triangle marked by obsession. »One of the most inventive and verbaly exuberant writers.« The New York Times From bestselling author T. C. Boyle comes a thought-provoking, tragicomic satire about the most destructive force known to humans: love. Terry, a reclusive, eccentric doctor from Los Angeles, moves into his mother's house in Boulder City after her death. He plans to sell it but changes his mind when he meets the charismatic Bethany in a bar one night, who moves in with him before he can think twice. Terry's new life would be perfectif only it weren't for Bethany's jealous ex-boyfriend, Jesse, who keeps turning up and warning Terry: »She's poison.« In the middle of the Nevada desert, a showdown between the two men awaits.

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T. Coraghessan Boyle, born in Peekskill, NY in 1948, is the bestselling author of a large number of twenty novels and fourteen collections of short stories. His work has been translated into twenty-five languages. His honors include the PEN/Faulkner award, the Prix Médicis étranger, the Henry David Thoreau Prize for excellence in nature writing and the Rea Award for the Short Story. Hanser Verlag most recently published the German editions of »Blue Skies« (Novel 2023), »Talk to me« (Sprich mit mir, Novel 2020) and »I Walk Between the Raindrops« (Storys 2024). The novel »No Way Home« was also published by Hanser both in German (2025) and English (2025). A Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Southern California, T.C. Boyle lives in Santa Barbara.