Babysitter / Joyce Carol Oates.
Author/creator |
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- author. |
Format | Book and Print |
Edition | First edition. |
Publication Info | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. |
Copyright Notice | ©2022 |
Description | 431 pages ; 25 cm |
Subject(s) |
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Abstract | "In the waning days of the 1970s, the lives of several residents of Detroit and its affluent white suburbs are drawn together following the disappearance of yet another child. Hannah, a wife and mother, begins an affair with a darkly charismatic stranger; Mikey, a young street hustler, finds himself on an unexpected mission to rectify injustice; and then there's the child serial killer known as Babysitter, an enigmatic and elusive figure at the periphery of elite Detroit, who has always been impossible to identify and immune to retribution. As Babysitter continues to strike-sending the city and its surroundings into pandemonium-these characters intersect, jeopardize one another, and are pushed to their limits. Suspenseful, brilliant, and wholly engrossing, Babysitter asks what we would risk for a chance at a new life, and how to protect all we cherish most. A scathing indictment of the corrupt politics, unexamined racism, and sexual predation in America, Babysitter is a thrilling novel and an absolute force"-- Provided by publisher. |
General note | "This is a Borzoi book"-- Title page verso. |
General note | Page numbers on odd-numbered pages only. |
Genre/form | Suspense fiction. |
Genre/form | Novels. |
Genre/form | Domestic fiction. |
Genre/form | Psychological fiction. |
Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
Genre/form | Thrillers (Fiction) |
Genre/form | Thrillers (Fiction) |
Genre/form | Domestic fiction. |
Genre/form | Psychological fiction. |
Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
Genre/form | Novels. |
Genre/form | Romans. |
LCCN | 2021047501 |
ISBN | 9780593535172 hardcover |
ISBN | 0593535170 hardcover |
ISBN | 9781524712365 paperback |
ISBN | 1524712361 paperback |
ISBN | electronic book |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | PS3565 .A8 B33 2022 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |