What’s in your bag, Mr. Boyle?

  • PHOTOS VERA HARTMANN

The punk of the literature scene’s The Road to Wellville and The Tortilla Curtain are on the syllabus in many U.S. schools. His latest book, The Terranauts, is about eight scientists trapped in an ecosphere. Lufthansa Magazin took a look at the 68-year-old’s luggage at Zurich Airport.

U.S. author T. C. Boyle at Zurich Airport
© Vera Hartmann

1 collection of essays

In Here at Eagle Pond, a book that is special to me, Donald Hall describes life on his grandparents’ farm in New Hampshire.

 

2 Wool hat

My wife knitted this pink hat for me. I wore it at a march protesting Donald Trump and I’ll wear it at the next one.

 

3 Travel bag

These tags remind me of the small airport in Santa Barbara that I always fly out of when heading to Europe for a reading tour.

 

T.C. Boyles Booklist

 

Black Robe – Brian Moore

Dog Soldiers – Robert Stone

Disgrace – J. M. Coetzee

For more about T.C. Boyle, see tcboyle.com.