Cheever: a life (1st ed.)

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 sourcesincluding Cheever's massive journal, only a fraction of which has ever been publishedBailey's Cheever is a stunning example of the biographer's art and a brilliant tribute to an essential author.From the Trade Paperback edition.