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Broke Heart Blues (Virago Modern Classics)
Joyce Oates
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Description for Broke Heart Blues (Virago Modern Classics)
Paperback. * A penetrating new novel about the burden of celebrity and the making of American myths and heroes by one of America's bestselling writers * 'Updike is one of the very few people who are among Oates's peers' - TLS Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 334. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Brando. Dean. John Reddy Heart is right up there among them - at least in the eyes of the residents of Willowsville, New York. The handsome young heart-throb begins his bad-boy career at sixteen, the night that a man is murdered in his mother's house. Was John Reddy protecting her from rape or covering up her crime, or is he actually innocent? It may not matter - the minute the manhunt starts, the second the sensational trial begins, John Reddy Heart is front-page news, celebrated in song, and well on his way to becoming a small town's obsession.
The always ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860497704
SKU
KSS0003024
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Joyce Oates
Joyce Carol Oates was born in 1938. She has written many novels and numerous collections of stories, poetry and plays. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Princeton University.
Reviews for Broke Heart Blues (Virago Modern Classics)
She has the courage to choose great themes and the ability to carry them off. What is more she has the quality of high moral seriousness
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
What keeps us coming back to Oates Country is her uncanny gift of making the page a window, with something happening on the other side that we'd swear was life ... Read more
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
What keeps us coming back to Oates Country is her uncanny gift of making the page a window, with something happening on the other side that we'd swear was life ... Read more