Joyce Carol Oatesâ€™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

Expensive People

Joyce Carol Oatesâ€™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 Americaâ€™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 â€œsuccessful-executiveâ€ 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.

A National Book Award finalist, Expensive People is a stunning combination of social satire and gothic horror. â€œYou cannot put this novel away after you have opened it,â€ said The Detroit News. â€œThis is that kind of bookâ€“hypnotic, fascinating, and electrifying.â€

Expensive People is the second novel in the Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, A Garden of Earthly Delights, them, and Wonderland, are also available from the Modern Library.
Country USA
Brand Modern Library
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0812976541_used
Color White
ReleaseDate 2006-09-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812976540

Country	USA
Brand	Modern Library
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0812976541_used
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2006-09-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812976540

Expensive People

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