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| Genre/Form: | Psychological fiction Domestic fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- What I lived for. New York : Dutton, c1994 (OCoLC)624478066 |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joyce Carol Oates |
| ISBN: | 0525938362 9780525938361 |
| OCLC Number: | 29753248 |
| Notes: | "A William Abrahams book." |
| Description: | x, 608 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Joyce Carol Oates. |
Abstract:
A Philistine discovers a social conscience. He is Jerome Corcoran, a real estate millionaire and city councilman who lives for money, food and sex. On his way to work he comes across a suicide, a black woman who was a critic of city hall. Corcoran smells foul play and for once decides to do something about it. By the author of Foxfire.
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