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A young woman tumbles into a nightmare of decadent desire and corrupted innocence in a superb novella of suspense from National Book Award-winner Joyce Carol Oates. Art and arson, the poetry of D. H. Lawrence and pulp pornography, hero-worship and sexual debasement, totems and taboos mix and mutate into a startling, suspenseful tale of how a sunny New England college campus descends into a lurid nightmare. "A small gem.... Oates does not disappoint, nor does she waste a word."-The Washington Post Book World Oates often takes on sensational subject matter ... yet rarely has she done so with the churningly quiet understatement of ... Beasts."-Los Angeles Times "A cunning fusion of Gothic romance and psychological horror story, and one of her best recent books."-Kirkus Reviews "Oates's new novel is a slim one, but it packs a serious punch."-Associated Press "Delicious ... Beasts is something of a jeu d'esprit noir.... The novella length is exactly right for it."-The New York Review of Books

"It's not subtle, but it works. Whenever Oates composes at this length, she doesn't pad or overwrite. The result is a cunning fusion of Gothic romance and psychological horror story, and one of her best recent books."

Kirkus, 10/01/2001

"As slim Gothic novels go, there are many worse. As Joyce Carol Oates novels go, there are many better."

Amy Benfer, New York Times Book Review, 01/06/2002

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