Large Print Book
Extenuating circumstances : stories of crime and suspense / Joyce Carol Oates.
Summary
"Two hitmen in a depressed rust belt town struggle with a job gone wrong. A girl witnesses a horrifying accident and carries it with her for the rest of her life. Medical students bring a severed foot to a college party. Five-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates has made a career of exploring the forbidden corners of human experience, and the stories collected here, spanning her first three decades as a writer, are among her most unsettling and unforgettable works to date."-- Provided by publisher.
Item details
- ISBN: 163808405X
- ISBN: 9781638084051
- Physical Description: 615 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: Center Point Large Print edition.
- Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2022.
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | Regular print version previously published by Penzler Publishers / The Mysterious Press. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The death of Mrs. Sheer -- In the warehouse -- By the river -- Queen of the night -- The revenge of the foot, 1970 -- The doll -- Little wife -- Yarrow -- Haunted -- Death Valley -- Craps -- Family -- Ladies and gentlemen: -- Why don't you come live with me, it's time -- The buck -- The model -- Extenuating circumstances -- The girl who was to die -- Poor Bibi -- The undesirable table -- The hand-puppet -- Valentine -- The collector of hearts -- The sons of Angus MacElster. |
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| Subject: | Horror tales, American. Suspense fiction, American. Large type books. Horror tales, American. Large type books. Suspense fiction, American. |
| Genre: | Horror fiction. Short stories. Horror fiction. Short stories. |
Currently available copies
- 2 / 4 copies available at PINES
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| Desoto Trail Regional Library: Camilla-DeSoto Trail Regional Library |
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31017006618778 | LG-PRNT | In process | |
| Lake Blackshear Regional Library System: Lake Blackshear Regional Library |
Large Print Oat J. Send SMS Text |
31031000253128 | Large Print - Fiction | Available | |
| Oconee Regional Library System: Laurens County Library |
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31040002671625 | NEW-BKS | Reshelving | |
| Southwest Georgia Regional Library System: Decatur County Public Library |
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