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Falconer John Cheever

Falconer By John Cheever

Falconer by John Cheever


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Summary

Discover John Cheever's quirky psychological novel that is the perfect book club read.

Ezekiel Farragut is a college professor, a drug-addict and a murderer.

Falconer Summary

Falconer by John Cheever

Discover John Cheever's quirky psychological novel that is the perfect book club read.

Ezekiel Farragut is a college professor, a drug-addict and a murderer. Locked in Falconer State Penitentiary, he struggles through tormenting visits from his wife, the burden of memory and guilt, and the brutal monotony of his surroundings to retain his humanity, eventually finding the possibility of redemption through an affair with a fellow prisoner. Considered by many to be Cheever's masterpiece, Falconer is a tour de force from one of America's greatest storytellers.

Falconer Reviews

A whole swathe of poor and underprivileged America is evoked by one of the country's most rarified stylists -- James Wood
One of the most important novels of our time.. Read it and be ennobled * New York Times *
Splendid...it is rough, it is elegant, it is pure. It is also indispensable, if you earnestly desire to know what is happening to the human soul in the USA. -- Saul Bellow
One of our truly fine writers...Moving and excellent * Washington Post *

About John Cheever

John Cheever was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1912, and he went to school at Thayer Academy in South Braintree. He is the author of seven collections of stories and five novels. His first novel, The Wapshot Chronicle, won the 1958 National Book Award. In 1965 he received the Howells Medal for Fiction from the National Academy of Arts and Letters and in 1978 he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer prize. Shortly before his death in 1982 he was awarded the National Medal for Literature.

Additional information

GOR007597529
9780099583134
0099583135
Falconer by John Cheever
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
2014-12-04
192
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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