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This book draws on the philosopher Rene Girard to argue that three twentieth-century American novels (Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides, Rick Moody's The Ice Storm, and Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road) are tragedies. Until now, Girardian literary analysis has generally focused on representations of human desire in texts, and neglected both other emotions and the place of tragedy. Carly Osborn addresses these omissions by using Girardian theory to present evidence that novels can indeed be tragedies. The book advances the scholarship of tragedy that has run from Aristotle to...

A record-breaking heatwave ripples intensely across the city of New York. The Director of Homeland Security discovers his treasured son has been kidnapped by a team of highly skilled and motivated religious fanatics. As the temperature soars, New York's crime rate explodes, leaving leading cop Connor Slade the task of uncovering disastrous and worrying secrets that has consequently brought the City to a complete standstill. Connor is a steady reliable cop, a good honest man, however, he finds himself being pulled into a living nightmare as he struggles to avert disaster and mount resistance....