Extenuating circumstances : stories of crime and suspense / Joyce Carol Oates.
"Two hitmen in a depressed rust belt town struggle with a job gone wrong. A girl witnesses a horrifying accident and carries it with her for the rest of her life. Medical students bring a severed foot to a college party. Five-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates has made a career of exploring the forbidden corners of human experience, and the stories collected here, spanning her first three decades as a writer, are among her most unsettling and unforgettable works to date. These tales have not appeared in any form this century--until now; formally fresh and endlessly experimental, they show a writer boldly engaging with disturbing truths and terrifying possibilities, and deconstructing the tropes and expectations of traditional prose writing as she does so. But beyond their stylistic ingenuity, these are creepy, suspenseful stories that cut straight to the bone; their darkness will linger long after the final page is turned"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 1613163150
- ISBN: 9781613163153
- Physical Description: vi, 517 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Mysterious Press edition.
- Publisher: New York : The Mysterious Press, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Death of Mrs. Sheer -- In the warehouse -- By the river -- Queen of the night -- Revenge of the foot, 1970 -- Doll -- Little wife -- Yarrow -- Hunted -- Death Valley -- Craps -- Family -- Ladies and gentlemen: -- Why don't you come live with me, it's time -- The buck -- The model -- Extenuating circumstances -- The girl who was to die -- Poor Bibi -- The undesirable table -- The hand-puppet -- Valentine -- The collector of hearts -- The sons of Angus MacElster. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Victims of crimes > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Assassins > Fiction. |
Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Short stories. |
Available copies
- 11 of 11 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 11 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Albright Memorial Library | MYS OATES (Text) | 50686016197761 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bedford County Library | F OAT (Text) | 35010001096377 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Degenstein Community Library | FIC OATES (Text) | 35031301227520 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Dover Area Community Library | Adults OAT Fiction (Text) | 34217000894451 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Oates (Text) | 39427103669149 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Available | - |
New Oxford Library | FIC OATES JOYCE CAROL (Text)
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G. Radcliffe and Marian B. Schultz Named Endowment, 2022
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35740635857865 | Fiction | Available | - |
Allentown Public Library | OATES, JOYCE (Text) | 34455006924811 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062009617722 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Clymer Library | FIC OAT (Text) | 32596000520931 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Dingman Township Library | F OAT (Text) | 30352101338290 | Fiction | Available | - |