{"title":"Joyce Carol Oates","description":"Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of a National Humanities Medal awarded by President Barack Obama, the National Book Critics Circle's Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award, the National Book Award in Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, the Prix Femina, the Cino Del Duca World Prize, and is a five-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including the bestsellers Blonde and We Were the Mulvaneys. She is the Roger S. Berlind '52 Distinguished Professor of the Humanities Emerita at Princeton University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. 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Ideal for fans of Alice Munro, Ann Patchett and Anne Tyler.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrating 40 Years of pseudonymous suspense from JOYCE CAROL OATES \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour decades ago, acclaimed literary author Joyce Carol Oates penned her first novel of psychological suspense under the name \"Rosamond Smith.\" In the Smith books, Oates explored themes of betrayal and deception, lust and murder, through stories involving twins, doubles, and hidden second identities - initially, keeping her own double identity a secret. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHard Case Crime is proud to bring these extraordinary works of crime fiction, long unavailable in bookstores, back into print in definitive double editions, each pairing two complete novels and two never-before-collected Oates short stories, all linked thematically, to weave a sinister web filled with dark reflections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn This Volume... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA female serial killer seeks refuge in her twin sister's home in STARR BRIGHT WILL BE WITH YOU SOON, while a male serial killer murders for the woman he craves in SOUL\/MATE -- and the echoes continue in the rare short stories \"The Murderess\" and \"An Unsolved Crime.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates is the author of more than 70 books, including novels, short story collections, poetry volumes, plays, essays, and criticism, including the national bestsellers \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlonde\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Oates dissects the predator-prey dynamic with merciless precision.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eHARPER'S BAZAAR \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho is Francis Fox? A charming English teacher new to the idyllic Langhorne Academy, Fox beguiles many of his students, their parents, and his colleagues at the elite boarding school, while leaving others wondering where he came from and why his biography is so enigmatic. 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Two serial killers - one female, one male - murder in the name of a higher cause. 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Humiliated by a disastrous procedure, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where he reigns. There, he is allowed to continue his practice, unchecked for decades, making a name for himself by focusing on women who have been neglected by the state--women he subjects to the most grotesque modes of experimentation. As he begins to establish himself as a pioneer of 19th-century surgery, Weir's ambition is fueled by his obsessive fascination with a young Irish indentured servant named Brigit, who becomes not only Weir's primary experimental subject, but also the agent of his destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated by Silas Weir's eldest son, who has repudiated his father's brutal legacy, \u003ci\u003eButcher \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique blend of fiction and fact, a nightmare voyage through the darkest regions of the American psyche conjoined, in its startling conclusion, with unexpected romance. 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