American Appetites

Finally returned to print in a beautiful new trade paperback edition, American Appetites is classic Joyce Carol Oates--a suspenseful thriller in which the happy facade of an affluent suburban couple crumbles under the weight of tragedy and scandal. For twenty-six years, Ian McCullough, a demographics researcher at a social science think tank, has been happily married to Glynnis, a successful cookbook writer and a brilliant hostess. When a drunken argument about a suspected infidelity turns physical, Ian accidentally pushes Glynnis through a plate glass window--or did she fall? Now, Glynnis is dead, Ian is charged with murder, and their American dream is shattered. And soon, in a courtroom where guilt and responsibility become two very separate issues, Ian will stand trial, fighting for his life. A sophisticated, witty, and chilling novel from the incomparable Joyce Carol Oates, American Appetites explores our insatiable hunger for power, love, and success, and how comfortable, privileged lives--and the course of fate--can be dramatically transformed in an instant.

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Carol Oates
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2014
• EAN: 9780062269232
• ISBN: 978-0-06-226923-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Ecco
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Science Fiction / General, DRAMA: Women Authors, FICTION: Fantasy / Contemporary, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: Fantasy / Historical