Drop City (novel)

{{Short description|2003 novel by T. C. Boyle}}

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| name = Drop City

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| image = T c boyle drop city.jpg

| caption = US edition cover

| author = T. C. Boyle

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| publisher = Viking Press

| 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

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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.{{cite book|last1=Matthews|first1=Mark|title=Droppers: America's First Hippie Commune, Drop City|date=2012|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0806183084|page=9}} The novel was a finalist for the 2003 National Book Award.