Boyle stories: the collected stories of T. Republicans and Democrats alike would do well to emulate Ike. Ike’s deliberation is a measure of his leadership, not a metaphor for his supposed ambivalence. Boyle is perhaps best known for The Road to Wellville, his fictional take on eccentric cereal king John Harvey. He?s the author of eight short story collections and 12 novels, including World?s End, a PEN/Faulkner winner, and Drop City, a finalist for the National Book Award. Boyle?s fictional oeuvre is unmatched in verve and range among contemporary writers. He won the PEN/Faulkner award in for his third novel, World's End, which recounts years in upstate New York. Since the late s, he has published seventeen novels and eleven collections of short stories. But the now-Captain Boyle doesn't get to kick back and enjoy his leisure time because two upsetting cases fall into his lap at once. March, US Army Lieutenant Billy Boyle, back in England after a dangerous mission in Italy, is due for a little R&R, and also a promotion.