American Appetites (Picador Books) - Softcover

Oates, Joyce Carol

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9780330310741: American Appetites (Picador Books)

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ISBN 10: 0330310747 ISBN 13: 9780330310741

Publisher: Picador, 1991

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Set in affluent suburbia, the death of one woman during a domestic row sets her husband and the dreams of an entire commmunity on trial. By the author of "You Must Remember This" and winner of awards from the Gugenheim Foundation, the American Institute of Arts and Letters and the Lotus Club.

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From the Back Cover:

L.A. Theatre Works’ exclusive dramatization of Joyce Carol Oates’ best-selling novel shows a closeknit group of prestigious scholars in the affluent 80’s blown apart by tragedy and scandal. A sophisticated, witty and chilling tale.
Starring Lisa Akey, Keith Carradine, Alastair Duncan, Paul Eiding, Anna Gunn, Dan Lauria, Jean Louisa Kelly, Frank Muller, B.J. Ward, Elizabeth Ward Land, Lisa Weil, and Tegan West

About the Author:

Joyce Carol Oates is one of the most influential and important storytellers in the literary world. She has often used her supreme narrative skills to examine the dark side of middle-class Americana, and her oeuvre includes some of the finest examples of modern essays, plays, criticism, and fiction from a vast array of genres.

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