Cheever
A Life
Published on 9. March 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
816 pages
978-1-4000-7968-1 (ISBN)
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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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Weight
894 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4000-7968-1 (9781400079681)
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Blake Bailey is the editor of a two-volume edition of Cheever’s work, published in 2009 by The Library of America. His last book, A Tragic Honesty, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He received a Guggenheim fellowship in 2005, and his articles and reviews have appeared in Slate, The New York Times, the New York Observer, and elsewhere. He lives in Virginia with his wife and daughter.