The Sacrifice

Joyce Carol Oates is a novelist, critic, playwright, poet and author of short stories and one of America's most respected literary figures. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including We Were the Mulvaneys and Blonde. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Princeton University and a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction.

'[Joyce Carol Oates] is simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going, as far as I'm concerned' Gillian Flynn, author of "Gone Girl"

'A powerful novel ... We see how, in the hands of a great writer, a gripping story can be torn from the poisonous rubble' Rose Tremain, Guardian

'Visceral and hypnotising ... simmers with barely concealed rage at the impotence inflicted on people by race and gender inequalities' Lesley McDowell, Independent

'Oates demonstrates a fearlessness in her writing. The book has the energy and force of a river in full flow, filled with dangerous undercurrents and eddies' Victoria Moore, Daily Mail

'A savage satire on race relations and the culture of sensationalism ... The Sacrifice ranks among Joyce Carol Oates' best novels' Robert Rorke, New York Post

'With great energy and a cold eye for contemporary American race relations ... offers a mix of fiery drama and the cold bone truths of race as we all live it today' Alan Cheuse, NPR Books

'Oates' firecracker of a novel explores the minefield of race relations in thought-provoking style' Max Davidson, Irish Mail on Sunday

'Beyond daring, highly provocative . . . a blend of sizzling drama and the brutal truths of racism. Oates writes with the ease of a master of language, uncoiling the bitterest of stories with barely a word wasted' Lorraine Courtney, Belfast Telegraph

'Explosive' Jon Michaud, Washington Post