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Oates, Joyce Carol. Babysitter - A novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1900.
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Joyce Carol Oates

Babysitter

A novel
  • Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • 1900
  • Gebunden
  • ISBN 9780593535172

From one of America's most renowned storytellers-the best-selling author of Blonde-comes a novel about love and deceit, and lust and redemption, against a backdrop of child murders in the affluent suburbs of Detroit. In the waning days of the turbulent 1970s, in the wake of unsolved child- killings that have shocked Detroit, the lives of several residents are drawn together with tragic consequences. There is Hannah, wife of a prominent local businessman, who has begun an affair with a darkly charismatic stranger whose identity remains elusive; Mikey, a canny street hustler who finds himself on a chilling mission to rectify injustice; and the serial killer known

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as Babysitter, an enigmatic and terrifying figure at the periphery of elite Detroit. As Babysitter continues his rampage of abductions and killings, these individuals intersect with one another in startling and unexpected ways. Suspenseful, brilliantly orchestrated, and engrossing, Babysitter is a starkly narrated exploration of the riskiness of pursuing alternate lives, calling into question how far we are willing to go to protect those whom we cherish most. In its scathing indictment of corrupt politics, unexamined racism, and the enabling of sexual predation in America, Babysitter is a thrilling work of contemporary fiction.

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