Reviews
Oates delivers her narrative from the protagonist's point of view, lending her stories a chilling immediacy., Oates delivers her narrative from the protagonist''s point of view, lending her stories a chilling immediacy., Oates'' mystery stories are deft at uncovering the more unsavory aspects of American culture in our time., 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, 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, 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, Oates' mystery stories are deft at uncovering the more unsavory aspects of American culture in our time., 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 , She's at the top of her form . . . Nobody does that kind of well-written spookiness quite like Oates.
