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The Wapshot Chronicle. John Cheever. 3.76. 7,317 ratings451 reviews. Meet the Wapshots of St Botolphs. There is Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea-dog and would-be suicide; his licentious older son, Moses; and Moses's adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly.
Mar 1, 2009 · “Falconer” and “The Wapshot Chronicle,” Cheever’s other great novel, which made the Modern Library’s list of the top 100 English-language novels of the 20th century, struggle to stay in print...
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A rowdy, bawdy, feeling, root-sensed New England gallery, this has its high — and not quite so high — moments for an audience which may suffer shock but never shame. Watch the critics.
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In four novels, ''The Wapshot Chronicle,'' ''The Wapshot Scandal,'' ''Bullet Park'' and ''Falconer,'' and more than 100 short stories, he chronicled both the delights and dissonances of...
368 pages. June 2003. As any avid reader knows there is a plethora of books on the subject of growing up and becoming an adult. So what makes The Wapshot Chronicle a singular work, one worthy of the National Book Award it won in 1958? The short answer is its author, John Cheever.
4 ½ stars John Cheever (1912-1982) sold a short story to The New Yorker in 1935, the first of many. His reputation as a short story writer rose rapidly, and his first novel, The Wapshot Chronicle , won t...
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by. John Cheever. "The Wapshot Chronicle" is a novel that explores the lives of the eccentric Wapshot family, who live in a quaint New England village. The story primarily focuses on the experiences of Leander Wapshot, the patriarch, and his two sons, Moses and Coverly, as they navigate through life's challenges.
