Book description
A gripping collection of propulsive, psychologically suspenseful stories by the legendary Joyce Carol Oates “who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers” (The New York Times Magazine)
“A genius in the truest sense of the word.”—Rebecca Makkai
“One of the greatest writers among us today.”—Gillian Flynn
“Haunting…
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An amazing collection of short stories written by one of the world's best writers. Ordinary events and ordinary people become somehow extraordinary. The Frenzy's stories are each as suspenseful as a novel.
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