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Expensive People
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
Expensive People
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Joyce Oates
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Introduction by Elaine Showalter
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| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:320 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 126 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781860494840
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| Classifications | Dewey:813.54 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Little, Brown Book Group
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| Imprint |
Virago Press Ltd
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| Publication Date |
3 September 1998 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Expensive, affluent, yes - but morally bankrupt - this is the suburbanite society from which Joyce Carol Oates carves out an electrifying novel of Gothic suspense. EXPENSIVE PEOPLE is the journal of Richard Elwood, an eighteen-year-old looking back with disaffection at his childhood in a succession of wealthy suburbs. He buys a rifle by mail-order ('German Sniper Rifle used by Mad Fanatic SS Men - Limited Number!') and roams the neighbourhood at night with it...The suspense is electrifying, the writing lethal. The first sentence is guaranteed to rivet your eyes to the page: 'I was a child murderer,' begins Richard. Now read on.
Author Biography
Joyce Carol Oates was born in 1938. She has written many novels and numerous collections of stories, poetry and plays. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Princeton University.
Reviews'Terrifying ... searing ... important' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'Cuts to the bone in its chilling effectiveness' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'You cannot put this book away after you have opened I t... hypnotic, fascinating and electrifying' DETROIT NEWS
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