The Wapshot Chronicle
by John Cheever
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG, clipped, bc yellowing.
- Seller
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Port Washington, New York, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- Seller
- North Shore Theory Co. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- L210115
- Title
- The Wapshot Chronicle
- Author
- John Cheever
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG, clipped, bc yellowing.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BOMC
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8 1/4 x 5 7/8
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- BOMC
- Book-of-the-Month Club These are popular books republished and sold at a discounted price by one of these many clubs, the...
- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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