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The Wapshot Chronicle

The Wapshot Chronicle

The Wapshot Chronicle

The Wapshot Chronicle

by John Cheever

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  • Hardcover
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Harper & Brothers, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Ex-library with usual markings. Dust jacket has moderate shelfwear, tears/small chips along spine edges. Not price-clipped. Cover has very slight shelfwear with bottom end of spine slightly softened. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.

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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Seller
PJK Books and Such Inc US (US)
Seller's Inventory #
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Title
The Wapshot Chronicle
Author
John Cheever
Format/Binding
Hard Cover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1957
Keywords
Fiction
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Fiction;

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