The Wapshot Chronicle

Name: The Wapshot Chronicle
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SKU: 9780099275275
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By John Cheever

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Meet the Wapshots of St Botolphs: Captain Leander Wapshot, a venerable sea-dog grappling with despair; his licentious elder son, Moses; and the adoring, wayward younger brother, Coverly. The Wapshot Chronicle is a vivid family narrative brimming with tragedy and humour, richly picaresque and partly drawn from Cheever's New England adolescence, evoking the spirit of Trollope, Dickens, and Henry James.
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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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INFORMATION

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

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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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