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Female of the Species : Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates (2007, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100156030276

ISBN-139780156030274

eBay Product ID (ePID)52879999

Product Key Features

Book TitleFemale of the Species : Tales of Mystery and Suspense

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicShort Stories (Single Author), General, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorJoyce Carol Oates

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight8.5 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

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Dewey Edition22

ReviewsPRAISE FOR THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES "Suspense fiction is like a powerful drug: one page, one taste, can induce such a tingly, speedy feeling that it takes an almost superhuman effort not to finish everything off in just one sitting. At least, that's how it is with Joyce Carol Oates's new collection of mystery and suspense stories . . . You can't put this book down."-- The New York Times Book Review "As ever, Oates shocks, delights and amuses because she's so good at what she does."-- The Baltimore Sun , PRAISE FOR THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES "Suspense fiction is like a powerful drug: one page, one taste, can induce such a tingly, speedy feeling that it takes an almost superhuman effort not to finish everything off in just one sitting. At least, that's how it is with Joyce Carol Oates's new collection of mystery and suspense stories . . . You can't put this book down."-- The New York Times Book Review "As ever, Oates shocks, delights and amuses because she's so good at what she does."-- The Baltimore Sun , PRAISE FOR THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES "Suspense fiction is like a powerful drug: one page, one taste, can induce such a tingly, speedy feeling that it takes an almost superhuman effort not to finish everything off in just one sitting. At least, that's how it is with Joyce Carol Oates's new collection of mystery and suspense stories . . . You can't put this book down."- The New York Times Book Review "As ever, Oates shocks, delights and amuses because she's so good at what she does."- The Baltimore Sun, PRAISE FOR THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES "Suspense fiction is like a powerful drug: one page, one taste, can induce such a tingly, speedy feeling that it takes an almost superhuman effort not to finish everything off in just one sitting. At least, thate(tm)s how it is with Joyce Carol Oatese(tm)s new collection of mystery and suspense stories . . . You cane(tm)t put this book down."-- The New York Times Book Review "As ever, Oates shocks, delights and amuses because she's so good at what she does."-- The Baltimore Sun, PRAISE FOR JOYCE CAROL OATES "One of the great artistic forces of our time."-- The Nation "For 40 years, Joyce Carol Oates has maintained a creative dialogue with the roiling cauldron of contemporary American culture, writing unflinchingly about the oddities that bubble up into the headlines."-- The Washington Post Book World, Oates' mystery stories are deft at uncovering the more unsavory aspects of American culture in our time., She's at the top of her form . . . Nobody does that kind of well-written spookiness quite like Oates., Oates delivers her narrative from the protagonist's point of view, lending her stories a chilling immediacy., PRAISE FOR THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES "Suspense fiction is like a powerful drug: one page, one taste, can induce such a tingly, speedy feeling that it takes an almost superhuman effort not to finish everything off in just one sitting. At least, that's how it is with Joyce Carol Oates's new collection of mystery and suspense stories . . . You can't put this book down."-- The New York Times Book Review "As ever, Oates shocks, delights and amuses because she's so good at what she does."-- The Baltimore Sun, PRAISE FOR THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES "Suspense fiction is like a powerful drug: one page, one taste, can induce such a tingly, speedy feeling that it takes an almost superhuman effort not to finish everything off in just one sitting. At least, that's how it is with Joyce Carol Oates's new collection of mystery and suspense stories . . . You can't put this book down."- The New York Times Book Review "As ever, Oates shocks, delights and amuses because she's so good at what she does."- The Baltimore Sun , PRAISE FORTHE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES "Suspense fiction is like a powerful drug: one page, one taste, can induce such a tingly, speedy feeling that it takes an almost superhuman effort not to finish everything off in just one sitting. At least, that's how it is with Joyce Carol Oates's new collection of mystery and suspense stories . . . You can't put this book down."-The New York Times Book Review "As ever, Oates shocks, delights and amuses because she's so good at what she does."-The Baltimore Sun , PRAISE FOR THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES "Suspense fiction is like a powerful drug: one page, one taste, can induce such a tingly, speedy feeling that it takes an almost superhuman effort not to finish everything off in just one sitting. At least, that's how it is with Joyce Carol Oates's new collection of mystery and suspense stories . . . You can't put this book down."— The New York Times Book Review "As ever, Oates shocks, delights and amuses because she's so good at what she does."— The Baltimore Sun , PRAISE FOR JOYCE CAROL OATES "One of the great artistic forces of our time."--The Nation "For 40 years, Joyce Carol Oates has maintained a creative dialogue with the roiling cauldron of contemporary American culture, writing unflinchingly about the oddities that bubble up into the headlines."--The Washington Post Book World --

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Table Of ContentContents So Help Me God The Banshee Doll: A Romance of the Mississippi Madison at Guignol The Haunting Hunger Tell Me You Forgive Me? Angel of Wrath Angel of Mercy

SynopsisA young wife is home alone when the phone rings in "So Help Me God." Is the strange voice flirting with her from the other end of the line her jealous husband laying a trap, or a stranger who knows entirely too much about her? In "Madison at Guignol" an unhappy fashionista discovers a secret door inside her favorite clothing store and insists the staff let her enter. But even her fevered imagination cannot anticipate the horror they have been hiding from her. In these and other gripping and disturbing tales, women are confronted by the evil around them and surprised by the evil they find within themselves. With wicked insight, Joyce Carol Oates demonstrates why the females of the species--be they six-year-old girls, seemingly devoted wives, or aging mothers--are by nature more deadly than the males.