T.C. Boyle from KCRW’s Bookworm by podmaster@kcrw.org (KCRW.com)

The Women (Viking) This richly layered conversation with T.C. Boyle centers on the subjects of art and arrogance. The Women is a biographical novel, a fiction derived from the life of Frank Lloyd Wright, focused particularly on Wright’s up-and-down experiences with women.

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