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No way home : a novel

Call Number

  • FICTION BOYL (CEN, OSH, WSQ)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2026]

Physical Description

356 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

No Way Home tells the haunting story of Terrence Tully, an LA medical resident who is abruptly informed that his mother has died. Arriving at her home in a forlorn Nevada desert town, the naive doctor finds himself 'like a swimmer caught in a riptide,' drawn into a love triangle involving the manipulative, margarita-swilling receptionist Bethany and her ex-boyfriend Jesse, a vengeful middle-school teacher cocksure about his sexual prowess. There is indeed no way home for Tully, who cannot extricate himself from this aimless, post-twenty-something world where motorcycle races and violent brawls puncture the daily grind of nowhere jobs, aimless sex, and recreational highs. Is retribution, Boyle asks, a natural human instinct? Can sexual jealousy bring on a level of vengeance that is downright pathological?

Notes

Author name reads "T.C. Boyle" on cover.