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His mother, a secretary, and his father, a bus driver, were both Catholic, his father having been raised in a Catholic orphanage where he was educated until the 8th grade. In his essay, "This Monkey, My Back," he describes himself as being an obedient child until about the age of 15, when the influence of his more affluent, better educated friends turned him into a self-described "proto-hippie.

His talent for writing was recognized early on, but his admitted binge drinking and recreational drug use distracted him from truly embracing and developing his skill until his enrollment in the University of Iowa's MFA program. He became and Associate Professor there in , and in he became a Professor of English. As of now, Boyle has published 12 novels, with another that may be scheduled for release in , in addition to numerous short stories.

His work has been translated and sold internationally, and he has won numerous literary awards.

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Greasy Lake is a short story written by the American writer named T. Coraghessan Boyle. The short story appears in a collection published in with other 15 short stories. The Road to Wellville is a novel written by T. Boyle and published in This novel is titled after a booklet written by C.