Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates (Paperback Book)

\u2018Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going\u2019 GILLIAN FLYNN'Gripping \u2026 Bravura storytelling' VOGUE'A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare' FINANCIAL TIMESFrom one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a nineteenth-century women's asylum, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world.Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Dr Silas Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics. There, his work focuses on women who have been neglected by the state \u2013 women he subjects to grotesque modes of experimentation.Based on authentic historical documents, Butcher is a nightmare voyage through the darkest regions of the American psyche.'A ghastly and harrowing page-turner'\n\nButcher\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery with Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the price advertised is as l;