{"product_id":"butcher-1","title":"Butcher","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of our most accomplished storytellers, an extraordinary and arresting novel about a women's asylum in the nineteenth century, and a terrifying doctor who wants to change the world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this harrowing story based on authentic historical documents, we follow the career of Dr. Silas Weir, \"Father of Gyno-Psychiatry,\" as he ascends from professional anonymity to national renown. Humiliated by a procedure gone terribly wrong, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where he reigns. There, he is allowed to continue his practice, unchecked for decades, making a name for himself by focusing on women who have been neglected by the state--women he subjects to the most grotesque modes of experimentation. As he begins to establish himself as a pioneer of nineteenth-century surgery, Weir's ambition is fueled by his obsessive fascination with a young Irish indentured servant named Brigit, who becomes not only Weir's primary experimental subject, but also the agent of his destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated by Silas Weir's eldest son, who has repudiated his father's brutal legacy, \u003ci\u003eButcher \u003c\/i\u003eis a unique blend of fiction and fact, a nightmare voyage through the darkest regions of the American psyche conjoined, in its startling conclusion, with unexpected romance. Once again, Joyce Carol Oates has written a spellbinding novel confirming her position as one of our celebrated American visionaries of the imagination.","brand":"Joyce Carol Oates","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46799620931820,"sku":"9780593537770","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46799620964588,"sku":"9780593686003","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780593537770.jpg?v=1757238963","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/butcher-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}