Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
by Joyce Carol Oates
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In Joyce Carol Oates's twentieth novel, Little Red Garlock, the town bully, has been taunting Iris Courtney about her relationship with Jinx Fairchild. Iris is white, Jinx is black, and the two of them are close friends. Little Red persists in making rude hints about a physical relationship between them, and Jinx finally takes Little Red on in a fistfight and he accidentally kills Little Red. The novel follows the effects of this event on Iris and Jinx's friendship.
Editions of Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher New Amer Library |
Date 1991 |
Price $1.00 |
 Used, Very Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Penguin Group USA |
Date 1990 |
Price $1.00 |
Very Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Audio Cassette |
Publisher New Star Media Inc |
Date 1990 |
Price $1.99 |
Good |
First Line
"Little Red" Garlock, sixteen years old, skull smashed soft as a rotted pumpkin and body dumped into the Cassadaga River near the foot of Pitt Street, must not have sunk as he'd been intended to sink, or floated as far.
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