Drop City | |
Author: | T. C. Boyle |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Release Date: | February 24, 2003 |
Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages: | 464 |
Isbn: | 0-670-03172-0 |
Dewey: | 813/.54 21 |
Congress: | PS3552.O932 D76 2003 |
Oclc: | 49743603 |
Drop City is a 2003 novel by American author T. C. Boyle. The novel, set in various years from the early 1960s to late 1970s, describes the social evolution of a group of eight counter-cultural nudists in a commune based on the real Drop City, Colorado. However, Boyle's fictional group initially live in California and later move to a remote part of Alaska, and the group shares many qualities with the real Sonoma County Morning Star commune.[1] The novel was a finalist for the 2003 National Book Award.