EXPENSIVE PEOPLE by Joyce Carol Oates, Fawcett Crest 1970 PB 1ST EDITION THUS

Description: BOOK TITLE: Expensive People (Wonderland Quartet Bk 2) AUTHOR: Joyce Carol Oates PUBLICATION: Fawcett Crest 1970, First Edition Thus - 1st paperback printing CONDITION: back cover has considerable wear (see photos); tanning pages consistent with age; markup on back inside cover (prev owner's name), otherwise clean inside; good binding We do our best to describe and list items accurately; however, items may contain flaws or imperfections unseen by our staff during listing. BOOK SYNOPSIS: Joyce Carol Oates’s Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. In Expensive People, Oates takes a provocative and suspenseful look at the roiling secrets of America’s affluent suburbs. Set in the late 1960s, this first-person confession is narrated by Richard Everett, a precocious and obese boy who sees himself as a minor character in the alarming drama unfolding around him.Fascinated by yet alienated from his attractive, self-absorbed parents and the privileged world they inhabit, Richard incisively analyzes his own mismanaged childhood, his pretentious private schooling, his “successful-executive” father, and his elusive mother. In an act of defiance and desperation, eleven-year-old Richard strikes out in a way that presages the violence of ever-younger Americans in the turbulent decades to come. All our books are packaged and shipped in boxes so that they get to you in the best condition possible!

Price: 7.99 USD

Location: Aurora, Colorado

End Time: 2024-11-23T08:00:01.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD