About the book: 2006 / “After the Plaque” (After The Plaque) is the sixth and most famous collection of “short prose” by T. Coraghessan Boyle. Sixteen stories that the New York Times rightly calls “the unique creations of a master who can make the most common plot original and see the most ordinary situation from an unexpected angle.” Sixteen witty, paradoxical sketches, balancing on the line between sarcasm and true tragedy, black humor, caustic satire - and, at times, unexpected romance…