From the Publisher
"In What I Lived For Joyce Carol Oates has written a vivid and continuous nightmare: a savage dissection of our national myths of manhood and success, a bitter portrait of our futile effort to flee the weight of the past, a cold-eyed look at our loss of community and family, a shriek at the monsters men and women have become to each other and a revelation of our desolate inner lives. What I Lived For is an American "Inferno." — New York Times
“A man on a tightrope that takes you to the edge...ambitious, audacious, masterly, and unforgettable.” — Chicago Tribune
"A dazzling novel, brilliant both stylistically and in its depiction of a man running desperately for his life." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
