{"product_id":"9781788543705-night-gaunts-and-other-tales-of-suspense","title":"Night-Gaunts and Other Tales of Suspense","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis taut collection stands at the crossroads of sex, violence, and longing – and asks us to interrogate the intersection of these impulses within ourselves. Six feverishly unsettling works. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of \u003ci\u003eBlonde\u003c\/i\u003e, now a major motion picture, six feverishly unsettling tales of suspense.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman sits naked except for her high-heeled shoes, in an apartment she cannot afford, as her married lover rushes, amorously, murderously, to her door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ageing, jealous wife crafts an unusual game of Russian roulette involving a pair of Wedgwood teacups, a strong Bengal brew, and a lethal concoction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA former Sunday School teacher's corpse turns up and the blighted adolescent she had by turns petted and ridiculed confesses to her murder – but is he really responsible?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a fantastic ode to H.P. Lovecraft, a young outsider is haunted by apparitions at the very edge of the spectrum of visibility after the death of his tortured father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevelling in the uncanny, this taut collection stands at the crossroads of sex, violence, and longing – challenging us to interrogate the intersection of these impulses within ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews for Joyce Carol Oates:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A writer of extraordinary strengths.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e‘Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Both haunting and sublime.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Splendidly chilling.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Few writers better illuminate the mind's most disturbing corners.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945434656865,"sku":"9781788543705","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28105344.jpg?v=1722325050","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781788543705-night-gaunts-and-other-tales-of-suspense","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}