Daddy Love (novel)
First edition | |
| Author | Joyce Carol Oates |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Mysterious Press |
Publication date | 2013 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 290 |
| ISBN | 978-0802122247 |
Daddy Love is a novel by Joyce Carol Oates published in 2013 by The Mysterious Press.
Plot
Reception
Kirkus Reviews warns that Daddy Love is “uncomfortable novel to read” due to Oates’s forthright examination of the sociopathic kidnapper’s perspective. The reviewer observes: “Oates raises a troubling question here—whether moral fiction can emerge from a morally reprehensible character.”[2]
New York Times critic Marilyn Stasio praises Oates for her skill crafting “psychological horror stories about seriously disturbed minds,” in this instance the abductor and pederast Chester Czechi - “Daddy Love.” Confessing that Oates’s fiction “gives her the creeps,” Stasio credits the author for providing a sympathetic portrayal of the traumatized parents who “hang on to their humanity while slowly going to pieces.”[3]
Footnotes
- ^ Stasio, 2013: Plot sketch
- ^ "Daddy Love". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
- ^ Stasio, 2013
Sources
- Oates, Joyce Carol. 2013. Daddy Love. The Mysterious Press, New York. ISBN 978-0802122247.
- Stasio, Marilyn. 2013. Stolen Life. New York Times, January 4, 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/books/review/daddy-love-by-joyce-carol-oates-and-more.html Accessed 10 April, 2025.