Budding Prospects
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| Author | T. C. Boyle |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Released | May 3, 1984 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 326 p. (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-670-19439-5 (first edition, hardback) |
| Preceded by | Water Music |
| Followed by | Greasy Lake |
Budding Prospects is a 1984 novel by T. C. Boyle about a loser who plans to get rich by illegally growing marijuana.
[edit] Plot
Felix Nasmyth, the first person narrator, is a young man who, as he tells readers right at the beginning of the book, has "always been a quitter." Without any hopes for the future, he is persuaded by one of his few friends to take part in a "summer camp"—a secluded rural area in Mendocino County, California where that friend plans to grow marijuana on a large scale.
The illegal business venture seems doomed from the start, but the small group of friends do not show enough discipline and also have too little experience in farming or bookkeeping to notice that. On top of it all, a local peace officer suspects funny business up at the Nasmyth and Company's "camp." In the end, the "summer camp" has to close down without any profit.
Nasmyth, however, has made the acquaintance of a lovely girl and has fallen in love with her. So he ends his narrative saying that in the near future he may—again, but this time differently—"plant a little seed."
[edit] Book information
Budding Prospects by T. C. Boyle
- Hardcover - ISBN 0-670-19439-5 (first edition) published by Viking Press
- Paperback - ISBN 0-14-029996-3 published by Penguin Books
[edit] External links
| The Works of T. C. Boyle |
| Novels: Water Music | Budding Prospects | World's End | East Is East | The Road to Wellville | The Tortilla Curtain | Riven Rock | A Friend of the Earth | Drop City | The Inner Circle | Talk Talk |
| Short Stories: Descent of Man | Greasy Lake | If the River Was Whiskey | Without a Hero | T.C. Boyle Stories | After the Plague | Tooth and Claw |
| Young Adult: The Human Fly |
