false <![CDATA[The Inner Circle]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174411772m/394241.jpg 394241 17 Fresh on the heels of his <I>New York Times</I> bestselling and National Book Award- nominated novel, <I>Drop City</I>, T.C. Boyle has spun an even more dazzling tale that will delight both his longtime devotees and a legion of new fans. Boyle's tenth novel, <I>The Inner Circle</I> has it all: fabulous characters, a rollicking plot, and more sex than pioneering researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey ever dreamed of documenting . . . well, almost.<P> A love story, <I>The Inner Circle</I> is narrated by John Milk, a virginal young man who in 1940 accepts a job as an assistant to Dr. Alfred Kinsey, an extraordinarily charming professor of zoology at Indiana University who has just discovered his life's true calling: sex. As a member of Kinsey's &#147;inner circle&#148; of researchers, Milk (and his beautiful new wife) is called on to participate in sexual experiments that become increasingly uninhibited&#151;and problematic for his marriage. For in his later years Kinsey (who behind closed doors is a sexual enthusiast of the first order) ever more recklessly pushed the boundaries both personally and professionally.<P> While Boyle doesn't resist making the most of this delicious material, <I>The Inner Circle</I> is at heart a very moving and very loving look at sex, marriage, and jealousy that will have readers everywhere reassessing their own relationships&#151;because, in the end, &#147;love is all there is.&#148; 3132768 9 9 2004 The Inner Circle total:1096|5:138|4:399|3:416|2:124|1:19| 1096 3801 1454 161 4 1 true false Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 03:06:05 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 06:07:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 27 21:38:41 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 21:54:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 05:45:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 05:10:27 -0700 2008 Kinsey, which I have and which covers much of the same ground. I'm not opposed to Boyle's leanings toward the historical novel. They've produced great results, as with Riven Roc...more...]]> 3 1 true true Sun Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 19:38:37 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 19:44:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Aug 20 13:40:09 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 13:42:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 22:47:48 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 23:01:40 -0800 2009 The Descent of Man, his newest novel The Women, and this one) lead me to believe he is not a brilliant stylist or mind-blowing master of prose, but that he does his research, works hard, and spins a good solid yarn.
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This one is about the inner circle of sex...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 10:10:57 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 13:42:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon May 11 20:31:53 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 20:34:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 06:04:05 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 06:04:05 -0800 2009 Compared to Boyle's other works, this is a straightforward and simplified narrative. That...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Jun 22 21:33:01 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 21:48:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 09:35:51 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 13:40:34 -0700 2008 The Inner Circle is the second T.C. Boyle novel I've read and the more I think about it, the more impressed I am with his writing. Despite being a novel largely dealing with sex, it's not filled with steamy loves scenes or naughty bit-by-bit details (sorry! I was a little bummed by the revelation as...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 17:07:32 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 19:33:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 true false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 14:06:31 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 13:30:51 -0800 2008
read this in a night. it's not that well written or anything, i didn't really like the style. it's like the author i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 26 08:42:51 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 08:43:19 -0700 2007 A novel heavily based on fact, The Inner Circle is about the work of pioneer sex researcher Alfred Kinsey. Professor Kinsey was the author of The Kinsey Reports, published in two parts in 1949 and 1953. The reports were compilations of a scientific study, the purpose of which was to quanti...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 23 14:33:19 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 14:39:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=394241