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| Author | Joyce Carol Oates |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Short story collection |
| Publisher | Harcourt |
| Publication date | August 6, 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 0-15-101531-7 (first edition) |
| OCLC | 74460086 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 22 |
| LC Class | PS3565.A8 M87 2007 |
| Preceded by | High Lonesome: New and Selected Stories 1966–2006 |
The Museum of Dr. Moses: Tales of Mystery and Suspense is a short story collection by Joyce Carol Oates comprising ten thriller and horror stories. The collection was published in 2007 by Harcourt.
Synopsis
In "The Man Who Fought Roland LaStarza" a woman’s world is upended when she learns the brutal truth about a family friend’s death—and what her father is capable of. Meanwhile, a businessman desperate to find his missing two-year-old grandson in "Suicide Watch" must determine whether the horrifying tale his junkie son tells him about the boy’s whereabouts is a confession or a sick test. In "Valentine, July Heat Wave" a man prepares a gruesome surprise for the wife determined to leave him. And the children of a BTK-style serial killer struggle to decode the patterns behind their father’s seemingly random bad acts, as well as their own, in "Bad Habits."
Reception
Kirkus Reviews described the collection as "surreal interior landscapes, shamelessly incantatory prose and an enduring ambivalence toward the neo-gothic conventions from which Oates draws her power to shock and dismay."
References
- "The Horrors of the Everyday". The Washington Post. October 28, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- "The Museum of Dr. Moses". Kirkus Reviews. May 19, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2024.