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The Museum of Dr. Moses

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The Museum of Dr. Moses
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AuthorJoyce Carol Oates
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort story collection
PublisherHarcourt
Publication date
August 6, 2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages240
ISBN0-15-101531-7 (first edition)
OCLC74460086
813/.54 22
LC ClassPS3565.A8 M87 2007
Preceded byHigh 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[1] comprising ten thriller and horror stories. The collection was published in 2007 by Harcourt.

Synopsis

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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

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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."[2]

References

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  1. ^ "The Horrors of the Everyday". The Washington Post. October 28, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
  2. ^ "The Museum of Dr. Moses". Kirkus Reviews. May 19, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2024.