The Wapshot Chronicle
by Cheever, John; John Cheever
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679738991
- ISBN 13
- 9780679738992
- Seller
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Synopsis
John William Cheever was an American novelist and short story writer. His novel, The Wapshot Chronicle, won the National Book Award in 1958. The story is the family saga of the Wapshot family. Captain Leander Wapshot and his sons, Coverly and Moses, and their lives on the New England coast. The story is rendered through Leander’s diary and also through flashbacks; each revealing more about the eccentric family and unfolding the drama behind the small-town Massachusetts village. The novel’s vigorous, interesting characters explore the clash between pious and bourgeois respectability. A deeply compelling, funny yet sentimental novel that is deserving of being called a classic.
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- Bookseller
- gearbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5vDg0015
- Title
- The Wapshot Chronicle
- Author
- Cheever, John; John Cheever
- Illustrator
- Doyle Partners (Cover Design)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679738991
- ISBN 13
- 9780679738992
- Publisher
- Vintage International/Published by Vintage Books/A Division of Random House, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Fictional Novel, Contemporary Adult Fiction
- Size
- 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall
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