Cheever
- ISBN-10
- 0307271374
- ISBN-13
- 9780307271372
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 736
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-03-10
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Blake Bailey
Description
John Cheever spent much of his career impersonating a perfect suburban gentleman, the better to become one of the foremost chroniclers of postwar America. Written with unprecedented access to essential sources—including Cheever’s massive journal, only a fraction of which has ever been published—Bailey’s Cheever is a stunning example of the biographer’s art and a brilliant tribute to an essential author.
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