What I Lived For
1994
First Published
3.63
Average Rating
648
Number of Pages
In a stunning portrait of a powerful man's downward spiral to moral ruin, Jerome "Corky" Corcoran's violent act of vengeance precipitates his downfall. Reprint.
Avg Rating
3.63
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1,129
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Author
Joyce Carol Oates
Author · 177 books
Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction. She is also the recipient of the 2005 Prix Femina for The Falls. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, and she has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978. Pseudonyms ... Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly.
