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Book Description
For the first time: the full and unforgettable life of John Cheever (1912–1982),
written with unprecedented access to essential sources—including Cheever’s ...
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guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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Cheever: A Life by Blake Bailey
Blake Bailey seems to specialise in writing the lives of self-destructive American writers – first Richard Yates, now John Cheever. He may have a full biographical career ahead of him. Cheever breaks the general pattern by virtue of a late recovery a ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Others 736 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1400043948
- ISBN-13: 9781400043941
- Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Pub date: Mar 10, 2009
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Cheever: A Life by Blake Bailey
"I have no biography," John Cheever once wrote. "I came from nowhere and I don't know where I'm going." Like many of his claims, it's one to be treated with suspicion. He knew exactly where he came from – an old and illustrious Yankee family, with a ... (read full critics)