From Joyce Carol Oates one of America's most feted and critically acclaimed authors a
collection of mysterious suspenseful and macabre tales. In her inimitable style Oates takes
the reader on unsettling journeys through the modern American psyche. Here you will find tales
of loss and grief confusion and darkness of violent ends and the cruel march of time of
failed relationships family secrets and professional jealousy of deceitful lovers distant
spouses and those with murder in mind. Dark secrets or their own consciences impact Oates'
characters as she moves between small American towns and anonymous urban sprawls between the
courtroom the hospital the world of academia and the wilderness of upstate New York with
deft skill in this tantalising collection of the macabre and mysterious the suspenseful and
the sublime. '[A] literary goddess.' Daily Mail
