Jack Of Spades Av Joyce Carol Oates

<b>From the towering imagination of Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of <i>BLONDE</i>, now a major motion picture, comes a psychologically complex thriller examining the fine line between genius and madness.</b>Andrew J. Rush is a successful mystery writer with twenty-eight novels to his name. He has a loving wife, three grown children, and is well-known in his small New Jersey town for his charitable work.But Andrew J. Rush is hiding a dark secret. Under the pseudonym Jack of Spades, he has penned another string of novels ¿ dark tales of murder, lust and madness.When a court order arrives accusing him of plagarism, Rush fears his secret may be exposed. And unbidden, in the back of his mind, the Jack of Spades starts plotting his survival.<b>Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates:</b>''A writer of extraordinary strengths.'' <b><i>Guardian</i></b> ''Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.'' <b><i>Sunday Express</i></b> ''Both haunting and sublime.'' <b><i>Li