Jack of Spades

Oates, Joyce Carol

ISBN 10: 1784970972 / ISBN 13: 9781784970970

Published by Mysterious Press for Head of Zeus, London, United Kingdom, 2015

About this Item

First UK edition, First Print. This is a UK true first edition, first printing (first impression) with number [1] and a full number line to the copyright page as called for in a fine unclipped jacket.The book itself has slight lean, pages are clean and unmarked. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates to the title page.

Seller Inventory # 013176

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jack of Spades
• Publisher: Mysterious Press for Head of Zeus, London, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784970972
• ISBN 13: 9781784970970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Supernatural

About this title

Synopsis

From the towering imagination of Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of BLONDE, now a major motion picture, comes a psychologically complex thriller examining the fine line between genius and madness.

Andrew J. Rush is a successful mystery writer with twenty-eight novels to his name. He has a loving wife, three grown children, and is well-known in his small New Jersey town for his charitable work.

But Andrew J. Rush is hiding a dark secret. Under the pseudonym Jack of Spades, he has penned another string of novels - dark tales of murder, lust and madness.

When a court order arrives accusing him of plagarism, Rush fears his secret may be exposed. And unbidden, in the back of his mind, the Jack of Spades starts plotting his survival.

Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates:

'A writer of extraordinary strengths.' Guardian
'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' Sunday Express
'Both haunting and sublime.' Literary Review
'Splendidly chilling.' Financial Times

About the Author

Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon, is the author of more than 70 books, including the bestselling novels We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde. Among her many honours are the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and the National Book Award. Oates is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.

Follow Joyce on @JoyceCarolOates