The Assignation Fantagraphics in choosing Prisoners as one

in choosing Prisoners as one of the most notable books of 1998 in the Dictionary of Literary Biography

Only he be departin’ from his bestest of all friends

He and his crew are in a fight for their lives as they play a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Vietcong

a researcher who has disappeared while working on a valuable new drug

The Assignation Fantagraphics in choosing Prisoners as oneAuthor: Oates, Joyce Carol Brand: Ecco Features: Used Book in Good Condition Binding: Paperback Number Of Pages: 208 Release Date: 01 06 1996 Details: A woman's lover seems not to recognize her on the street. A teenage girl accepts a ride from a stranger in a rust speckled Cadillac. An old man is obsessed by the memory of his innocent childhood intrusion on a half dressed aunt. In forty four very short, very powerful stories, Joyce Carol Oates