Joyce Carol Oates

HardCover. Pub Date :2013-02-11 Pages: 688 Language: English Publisher: Ecco This eerie tale of psychological horror sees the real inhabitants of turn-of-the-century Princeton fall under the influence of a supernatural power.New Jersey. 1905: soon-to-be commander-in-chief Woodrow Wilson is president of Princeton …

“Oates’ American saga captivates because it exists within an actual drama playing out across the country...Martyrs is a graceful and excruciating story of two families who do not live very far apart, but exist in different realities. ” --USA Today, 4-star review “Successful because [Oates] refuses to satirize or …