Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A gold Signed Cooy sticker is affixed to front. SIGNED BY BOYLE on a tipped-in page in front, T.C Boyle is an acclaimed author, winner of the Pen/Faulkner award and finalist for the National Book Award. Described as "both a suspenseful trip across America and a moving story about language, love and identity from one of America's most versatile and entertaining novelists" this story of a 33 year old deaf woman whose identity has been stolen is the closest thing to a thriller Boyle has written.