{"product_id":"the-wapshot-chronicle-by-john-cheever-9780099275275","title":"The Wapshot Chronicle","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first novel John Cheever wrote is a wonderful introduction to his writing; clever, funny, charming and bursting with life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeet 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Wapshot Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e is a family narrative in the finest traditions of Trollope, Dickens, and Henry James.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47403695735020,"sku":"9780099275275","price":32.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/91YRXuf15ZL._SL1500.jpg?v=1773863270","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-wapshot-chronicle-by-john-cheever-9780099275275","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}