{"product_id":"9780008694876","title":"Butcher","description":"Author(s): Oates, Joyce Carol, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 23\/05\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 352 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Fourth Estate Ltd, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: HarperCollins Publishers, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 242 x 160 x 34mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 566g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008694876\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going’ GILLIAN FLYNN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Delightfully disturbing'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e iNEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A blood-soaked, gothic nightmare'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  From one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women’s asylum in the nineteenth century, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In this harrowing story based on authentic historical documents, we follow the career of Dr. Silas Weir, “Father of Gyno-Psychiatry,” as he ascends from professional anonymity to national renown. Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where he reigns. There, he is allowed to continue his practice, unchecked for decades, making a name for himself by focusing on women who have been neglected by the state—women he subjects to the most grotesque modes of experimentation. As he begins to establish himself as a pioneer of nineteenth-century surgery, Weir’s ambition is fueled by his obsessive fascination with a young Irish indentured servant named Brigit, who becomes not only Weir’s primary experimental subject, but also the agent of his destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Narrated by Silas Weir’s eldest son, who has repudiated his father’s brutal legacy, Butcher is a unique blend of fiction and fact, a nightmare voyage through the darkest regions of the American psyche conjoined, in its startling conclusion, with unexpected romance. Once again, Joyce Carol Oates has written a spellbinding novel confirming her position as one of our celebrated American visionaries of the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A master storyteller'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Vividly and compellingly-drawn'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e iNEWS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46233073385709,"sku":"9780008694876","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780008694876_cd7209d3-7bce-4d49-863c-c7e70ae5a2a9.jpg?v=1724777197","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780008694876","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}