Night-Gaunts And Other Tales Of Suspense Av Joyce Carol Oates

<p><b>From Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of <i>Blonde</i>, now a major motion picture, six feverishly unsettling tales of suspense.</b><br><br>A 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.<br><br>An ageing, jealous wife crafts an unusual game of Russian roulette involving a pair of Wedgwood teacups, a strong Bengal brew, and a lethal concoction.<br><br>A 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?<br><br>In 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.<br><br>Revelling 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.<br><br><b>Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates:</b><br><br>''A writer of extraordinary strengths.'' <b><i>Guardian</i></b> <br>‘Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.'' <b><i>Sunday Express</i></b> <br>''Both haunting and sublime.'' <b><i>Literary Review</i></b> <br>''Splendidly chilling.'' <b><i>Financial Times</i></b> <br>''Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.'' <b><i>Booklist</i></b> <br>''Few writers better illuminate the mind''s most disturbing corners.'' <b><i>Seattle Times</i></b></p>