Details: Product Description Here is, for the first time, the full and unforgettable life of John Cheever (1912-1982), written with unprecedented access to essential sources. Cheever was a soul in conflict, a high-school dropout who published his first story at eighteen, a dire alcoholic who recovered to write the great novel Falconer, a secret bisexual who struggled with his longings and his fierce homophobia, whose groundbreaking work landed him on the covers of Time and Newsweek, a man who believed in the power of family love and sexual pleasure, a man whose desperate loneliness was never wholly offset by his faith in the joy of creation. About the Author BLAKE BAILEY is the editor of a two-volume edition of Cheever s work. His last book, A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His articles have appeared in Slate, the New York Times, New York Observer, and elsewhere. He lives in Virginia with his wife and daughter.
EAN: 9781433264009
Package Dimensions: height: 188 mm, length: 135 mm, width: 15 mm, weight: 113 g
