{"product_id":"expensive-people-paperback","title":"Expensive People - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElaine Showalter\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates'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 America'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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFascinated 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 \"successful-executive\" 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA National Book Award finalist, \u003ci\u003eExpensive People\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning combination of social satire and gothic horror. \"You cannot put this novel away after you have opened it,\" said \u003ci\u003eThe Detroit News\u003c\/i\u003e. \"This is that kind of book-hypnotic, fascinating, and electrifying.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpensive People \u003c\/i\u003eis the second novel in the Wonderland Quartet. The books that complete this acclaimed series, A\u003ci\u003e Garden of Earthly Delights\u003c\/i\u003e, them, and \u003ci\u003eWonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, are also available from the Modern Library.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates is the Roger S. Berlind Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University. The bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlonde\u003c\/i\u003e, she has written numerous works of fiction as well as poetry, essays, criticism, and plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 7.46 x 5.68 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693975834687,"sku":"9780812976540","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/61ceda1b319911781521c05c69935529.webp?v=1765000592","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/expensive-people-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}