Joyce Carol Oates

By the North Gate is a collection of short stories by Joyce Carol Oates. It was the author's first book, first published by Vanguard Press in 1963. It was last published in 1971 by Fawcett. Two stories in the collection, "Edge of the World" and "The Fine White Mist of Winter", were later collected in her book Where …

Jerome Corcoran, Corky, a huit ans lorsque son père est assassiné sous ses yeux. Trente ans plus tard, Corky est l’exemple même de l’homme à qui tout sourit. Promoteur immobilier fl orissant, conseiller municipal à l’avenir politique prometteur, il laisse toujours de larges pourboires qui lui assurent une certaine …