Oates, Joyce Carol

Butcher: A novel

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ISBN 13:
9780593537770
author:
Oates, Joyce Carol
format:
Hardback
publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf
language:
English
Publication Year:
2024
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
23.6 x 17 x 3.1 centimetres (0.6
Genre:
Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
Condition:
New
Availability:
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£22.18

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A harrowing novel about a women's asylum in 19th-century America, and the terrifying doctor who seeks to change the world. Dr Silas Weir, a pioneer of gyno-psychiatry, is forced to take a position at an asylum where he subjects women to grotesque experiments. His ambition is fueled by his fascination with a young Irish indentured servant named Brigit, who becomes both his experimental subject and the agent of his destruction. This dark tale is narrated by Silas Weir's eldest son, who has repudiated his father's brutal legacy. A unique blend of fiction and fact, it explores the darkest regions of the American psyche in a startling conclusion that also reveals unexpected romance. Joyce Carol Oates' spellbinding novel confirms her position as one of America's celebrated visionaries of the imagination.

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