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A gifted life-long actor has been terrorizing the metropolis for a period of two eras by shoving unsuspecting commuters into subway trains and reveling in the resulting press coverage. Blackmailed by the criminal justice system after an assassination he was coaxed into executing, our amateur sleuth Charlie Romano is required to find and stop him. Following a parade of dead suspects, and the brutal mutilation of his good female friend, Charlie searches the city and the lavish gardens of the Gold Coast of Long Island to find answers and a city official's kidnapped daughter. He joins forces with an FBI agent, an assistant district attorney and a victim, forming a close team that zealously pursues the now internationally hunted madman. Ultimately, the trail of physical evidence and electronic clues lead to an acting class in the London theater district on a warm night in August. But did the team go all that way for nothing? Join the search for New York City's most creative murderer.
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From Joyce Carol Oates, literary icon and author of Blonde, now a major motion picture, comes a collection of darkly compelling tales. A young professor is convinced she's being followed, but when she confronts her shadow all is not as it seems. A promising student attempts to save her brother from his descent into madness, but finds there may be more to his world than hers. An elderly nun is found dead in her care home, but was it old age or dark secrets that killed her? These biting and beautiful stories force us to confront, one by one, the demons within. Reviews for Joyce Carol Oates: 'A writer of extraordinary strengths.' Guardian 'Oates chillingly depicts the darkness lurking within the everyday.' Sunday Express 'Both haunting and sublime.' Literary Review 'Splendidly chilling.' Financial Times 'Visceral, psychologically involving, and socially astute.' Booklist
The role of women as writers, literary and dramatic characters, and real queens in early modern Europe was central to the development of Tudor ideas about gender and women’s place in society. Women and Tudor Tragedy investigates the link between gender and genre, identifying the relation between cultural history and mid-Tudor drama. This book establishes a way for reading women in early modern history, drama, and poetry by fusing discussions of gender in literature with historical analysis of tyranny and martyrdom in mid-Tudor culture. It considers the disparities between the representation of women in historical, political, and religious treatises by examining the complex portrayal of wom...