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The Wapshot Chronicle
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This book is ideal for readers who enjoy classic family sagas, literary fiction, and stories that combine wit with emotional complexity, especially those fond of authors like Trollope, Dickens, and Henry James.
The Wapshot Chronicle
Meet the Wapshots of St Botolphs. and Moses's adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly. Tragic and funny, ribald and splendidly picaresque, and partly based on Cheever's adolescence in New England, The Wapshot Chronicle is a family narrative in the finest traditions of Trollope, Dickens, and Henry James
The first novel John Cheever wrote is a wonderful introduction to his writing; clever, funny, charming and bursting with life
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The first novel John Cheever wrote is a wonderful introduction to his writing; clever, funny, charming and bursting with life.
Meet the Wapshots of St Botolphs. There is Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea-dog and would-be suicide; his licentious older son, Moses; and Moses's adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly. Tragic and funny, ribald and splendidly picaresque, and partly based on Cheever's adolescence in New England, The Wapshot Chronicle is a family narrative in the finest traditions of Trollope, Dickens, and Henry James.
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Cheever's debut novel is celebrated for its lively, inventive prose and emotional depth. Critics praise its rich tapestry of comedy, tragedy, and irony, making it an engaging and memorable read. Highlights include acclaim from The Guardian, New York Times Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, and Time.
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ISBN: 9780099275275
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 November 1998
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 244g
Pages: 336
About the Author
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 Letters and in 1978 he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Shortly before his death in 1982 he was awarded the National Medal for Literature.
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