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26%OFFJohn Cheever - The Wapshot Scandal: With an Introduction by Dave Eggers - 9780099540595 - V9780099540595
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The Wapshot Scandal: With an Introduction by Dave Eggers

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Description for The Wapshot Scandal: With an Introduction by Dave Eggers Paperback. Once upon a time the Wapshots of St Botolphs were distinguished for their unshakeable good opinion of themselves. But the family members have drifted far from their New England village - and into the demented caprices of the mighty, the bad graces of the IRS and the humiliating abyss of adulterous passion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVE EGGERS

Once upon a time the Wapshots of St. Botolphs were distinguished for their unshakeable good opinion of themselves. But the family members have drifted far from their New England village - and into the demented caprices of the mighty, the bad graces of the IRS and the humiliating abyss of adulterous passion. A novel of large and tender vision, The Wapshot Scandal is filled with pungent characters and outrageous twists of fate, and, above all, with Cheever's luminous compassion for all his hapless fellow prisoners of human nature.

Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099540595
SKU
V9780099540595
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About John Cheever
John Cheever was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1912, and he went to school at Thayer Academy in South Braintree. He is the author of seven collections of stories and five novels. His first novel, The Wapshot Chronicle, won the 1958 National Book Award. In 1965 he received the Howells Medal for Fiction from the National Academy of Arts and ... Read more

Reviews for The Wapshot Scandal: With an Introduction by Dave Eggers
I read The Wapshot Scandal with pure delight - in the characters, in the firm and deceptively simple style, and most of all in the continual power of invention
Malcolm Cowley A master American storyteller
Time
Cheever's intelligence and honesty powerfully communicate the sensations of being alive
Sunday Times
One of the finest storytellers writing ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Wapshot Scandal: With an Introduction by Dave Eggers


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