Jamous, JoyceABAA
American Appetites
1989ref. 67259New York: E.P. Dutton 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. Octavo 24cm 1/8 white cloth over blue paper boards. Spots of soiling around edges of boards. Foxing on top edge of price clipped dust jacket. Signed on the front end papers. "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." From the Publisher. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
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