After the Plague is a formidable achievement. It is hip, slick and witty. - Sunday Telegraph. A mercurial craftsman mustering some of his most assured work. - FT. Boyle has the ability to create devastating situations, lighten them with a satirical gleam and then twist them into the kind of joke that makes your stomach hurt. - Daily Mail. Boyle writes so beautifully it always feels natural, never forced. - Guardian. Maverick, unpredictable and accomplished, T.C. Boyle has been called the trickster of American letters. After the Plague is his latest collection of short stories - here are tales that superbly veer from the psychological to the slapstick, from surrealism to satire, once again proving him to be one of Americas most formidable writers.