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Foxfire è una fiamma che brilla di arancione, è un tatuaggio sulla pelle. Foxfire è il nome di una «gang fuorilegge» – come la definiscono i giornali – che flagella le strade di Hammond, nello stato di New York. Foxfire sono cinque ragazze determinate a liberare la città da porci, pervertiti e violenti, pronte a farla pagare agli uomini con ogni mezzo. Guidate dalla glaciale e feroce Legs Sadovsky, Goldie, Lana, Rita e Maddy «Monkey» hanno trovato nel gruppo il rifugio da un’esistenza segnata dalla morte dei genitori, da padri assenti, alcolizzati, o da madri con crisi psicotiche.

Gulf War: An affluent young couple entertains an older couple for an evening of cocktails and politics during the Gulf War. But as the evening continues, the conversation take a bizarre and absurd tone. Black: In this evening of cocktails and dinner, a couple anxiously awaits the arrival of an ex-husband. As the wine glasses are drained, the evening becomes dark and intense, revealing the true colors of the characters in this eerie love triangle.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER An “enthralling” (Los Angeles Times) and “remarkably engrossing” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) novel of literary and psychological suspense about the dark secrets that surface after the shocking disappearance of a charismatic, mercurial...

This rich compilation of Joyce Carol Oates’s letters across four decades displays her warmth and generosity, her droll and sometimes wicked sense of humor, her phenomenal energy, and most of all, her mastery of the lost art of letter writing. In this generous selection of Joyce Carol Oates’s letters to her biographer and friend Greg Johnson, listeners will discover a never-before-seen dimension of her phenomenal talent.