{"product_id":"expensive-people-modern-library-9780812976540","title":"Expensive People Modern Library","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoyce Carol Oates’s Wonderland Quartet comprises four remarkable novels that explore social class in America and the inner lives of young Americans. In Expensive People, Oates takes a provocative and suspenseful look at the roiling secrets of America’s affluent suburbs. Set in the late 1960s, this first-person confession is narrated by Richard Everett, a precocious and obese boy who sees himself as a minor character in the alarming drama unfolding around him. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFascinated by yet alienated from his attractive, self-absorbed parents and the privileged world they inhabit, Richard incisively analyzes his own mismanaged childhood, his pretentious private schooling, his “successful-executive” father, and his elusive mother. In an act of defiance and desperation, eleven-year-old Richard strikes out in a way that presages the violence of ever-younger Americans in the turbulent decades to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA National Book Award finalist, \u003ci\u003eExpensive People\u003c\/i\u003e is a stu","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195225469271,"sku":"9780812976540","price":18.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/expensive-people-modern-library-9780812976540","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}