The Accursed - by Joyce Carol Oates (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In 20th century Princeton, New Jersey, a powerful curse, which besets the wealthiest of families, causes the disappearance of a young bride. When her brother sets out to find her, he crosses paths with the town's most formidable people, including Grover Cleveland and Upton Sinclair.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Princeton, New Jersey, at the turn of the twentieth century: a genteel town for genteel souls. But something dark and dangerous lurks at its edges, corrupting and infecting its residents. Vampires and ghosts haunt the dreams of the innocent and a powerful curse besets the families of the elite-their daughters begin disappearing. And in the Pine Barrens that border the town, a lush and terrifying underworld opens up. </p><p>When a shape-shifting, vaguely European prince, who might just be the devil, abducts a young bride on the verge of the altar, her brother sets out against all odds to find her. His path will cross those of Princeton's most formidable people, including Grover Cleveland, fresh out of his second term in the White House, soon-to-be commander in chief Woodrow Wilson, a complex individual obsessed to the point of madness with his need to retain power, the young idealist Upton Sinclair and his charismatic comrade Jack London, and the most famous writer of the era, Mark Twain-all of whom are plagued by accursed visions.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[The Accursed] is in addition to being a thrilling tale in the best gothic tradition, a lesson in master craftsmanship...The story sprawls, reaches, demands, tears, and shrieks in homage to the traditional gothic, yet with fresh, surprising twists and turns... Oates has given us a brilliantly crafted work ."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em> <strong>(starred review)</strong><br><br>"A lush, arch, and blistering fusion of historical fact, supernatural mystery, and devilish social commentary... A diabolically enthralling and subversive literary mash-up. "--<em>Booklist </em><strong>(starred review)</strong><br><br>"<i>The Accursed</i> blends history, horror, fantasy and black comedy into a trippy literary brew. For fans of Oates' gothic works, this is a heady draught indeed."--<em>Dallas Morning News</em><br><br>"A smart and relentlessly absorbing read."--<em>Library Journal</em><br><br>"For those who enjoy total immersion in this kind of historical fiction, <i>The Accursed</i> is good fun, as mesmerizing as a demon and as addictive as a patent cure."--<em>Boston Globe</em><br><br>"This latest effort looks like a belated candidate for the Great Oates Novel . . . <i>The Accursed</i> is a big, mad, colourful romp, respectful of the literary traditions in which it participates, leavened with a piquant humour."--<em>Financial Times</em><br><br>"Joyce Carol Oates is at her gothic best... an astonishing fever dream of a novel."--<em>Los Angeles Times</em><br><br>"<i>The Accursed</i> is a unique, vast multilayered narrative; a genre bending beast of a book, utterly startling from start to finish, compulsive and engaging, the writing crackling with energy and wit. This is an elaborately conceived work."--New York Review of Books<br><br>"<i>The Accursed</i> is very much in the American gothic tradition of Charles Brockden Brown, Hawthorne, Poe, and Faulkner."--New York Review of Books<br><br>"A brilliant Gothic mystery that has the punch of historical fiction. Currents of race, class and academic intrigue swirl under the surface, but it's the demonic curse that propels the action... Oates casts a powerful spell. You'll close <i>The Accursed</i> and want to start it all over again."--People (4 Stars)<br><br>"Regular readers of Oates will be familiar with the game. . . after [new readers make] their way through <i>The Accursed</i>, no one will find it easy to forget."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch<br><br>"Spectacular. . . With its vast scope, its mingling of comic and tragic tones, its omnivorous gorging on American literature, and especially its complex reflection on the major themes of our history, <i>The Accursed</i> is the kind of outrageous masterpiece only Joyce Carol Oates could create."--Ron Charles, Washington Post<br><br>"In this new novel Oates has achieved a nearly flawless combination of postmodernism, gothic horror, "traditional" narrative, politically engaged literature, historical novel, and popular bestseller--a heady and enjoyable mix."--Harvard Review Online<br><br>"Joyce Carol Oates is at the top of her game in her glorious new novel, THE ACCURSED - a long, lush account of perhaps-preternatural happenings in Princeton, N.J., a century ago."--Buffalo News<br><br>"A fascinating novel in which historical truth and imagination collide to create an unsettling vision of America as it entered the 20th century."--Columbus Dispatch<br><br>"Carefully and densely plotted, chockablock with twists and turns and fleeting characters, her novel offers a satisfying modern rejoinder to the best of M.R. James--and perhaps even Henry James."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)<br><br>"Joyce Carol Oates has written what may be the world's finest postmodern Gothic novel: E.L. Doctorow's 'Ragtime' set in Dracula's castle. It's dense, challenging, problematic, horrifying, funny, prolix and full of crazy people. You should read it... Oates's hypnotic prose has never been better displayed."--Stephen King, New York Times Book Review (Cover Review)<br><br>"Oates' atmospheric prose beautifully captures the flavor of gothic fiction . . . In Oates' hands, this supernatural tale becomes a meditation on the perils of parochial thinking. It demands we think - with monsters - about our failure to face the darkest truths about ourselves and the choices we've made."--NPR<br>
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