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Fifteen-year-old Katya Spivak is out for a walk on the gracious streets of Bayhead Harbor with her two summer babysitting charges when she is approached by silver-haired, elegant Marcus Kidder. At first his interest in her seems harmless, even pleasant; like his name, a sort of gentle joke. His beautiful home, the children's books that he has written, his classical music, the fine art in his study, his lavish gifts to her: Mr. Kidder's life couldn't be more different from Katya's drab working class existence back home in South Jersey - or more enticing. But by degrees, almost imperceptibly, something changes, and posing for Mr Kidder's new painting isn't the light-hearted endeavour it once was. What does he really want from her? And how far will he go to get it? This spare, chilling novel shows Joyce Carol Oates at the height of her powers as a literary storyteller.
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'Joyce Carol Oates is a genius' --Guardian.
'One of the female front runners for the title of Great American Novelist.' --Sunday Times.
'Oates captures perfectly the moment where innocence gives way to experience' --Mail on Sunday.
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'One of the female front runners for the title of Great American Novelist.' --Sunday Times.
'Oates captures perfectly the moment where innocence gives way to experience' --Mail on Sunday.
Young and innocent, 15-years-old Katya Spivak strikes up a friendship with the silver haired, elegant, and much older Marcus Kidder. His life couldn't be more different from her own drab, working class existence - or more enticing. His beautiful home, classical music and lavish gifts all serve to hide something far more sinister...
By degrees, almost imperceptibly, something changes, and posing for Mr Kidder's new painting isn't the light-hearted endeavour it once was. What does he really want from her? And how far will he go to get it?
By degrees, almost imperceptibly, something changes, and posing for Mr Kidder's new painting isn't the light-hearted endeavour it once was. What does he really want from her? And how far will he go to get it?
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- PublisherQuercus
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1847248586
- ISBN 13 9781847248589
- BindingHardcover
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