Finally returned to print in a beautiful new trade paperback edition, American Appetites is classic Joyce Carol Oates a suspenseful thriller in which the happy facade of an affluent suburban couple crumbles under the weight of tragedy and scandal
For twenty-six years, Ian McCullough, a demographics researcher at a social science think tank, has been happily married to Glynnis, a successful cookbook writer and a brilliant hostess.
When a drunken argument about a suspected infidelity turns physical, Ian accidentally pushes Glynnis through a plate glass window or did she fall? Now, Glynnis is dead, Ian is charged with murder, and their American dream is shattered. And soon, in a courtroom where guilt and responsibility become two very separate issues, Ian will stand trial, fighting for his life.
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