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The Wapshot Chronicle
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- Regular Price :$34.95
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LENGTH6 hrs and 10 mins
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RELEASE DATE06-30-09
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
Based in part on Cheever's adolescence in New England, the novel follows the destinies of the impecunious and wildly eccentric Wapshots of St. Botolphs, a quintessential Massachusetts fishing village. Here are the stories of Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea dog and would-be suicide; of his licentious older son, Moses; and of Moses' adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly.
Tragic and funny, ribald and splendidly picaresque, The Wapshot Chronicle is a family narrative in the tradition of Trollope, Dickens, and Henry James.
As an added bonus, when you purchase any of our Audible Modern Vanguard productions of John Cheever's books, you'll also get an exclusive Jim Atlas interview added to your library.
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©1957 John Cheever; (P)2009 Audible, Inc.
What the Critics Say
"The best introduction to Cheever's work...Richly inventive and vividly told." (The New York Times Book Review)
"[John Cheever is] a master American storyteller." (Time)
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"A taste of goodnes and sanctity of life"
Centered on an eclectic trio of father and Two sons from the venerable New England Wapshot family who were forced to face the real world of making livings after their benefactress, a Wapshot counsin, demanded so. While the weaving plots were a bit random, and characters off beat on the surface, one cannot but to adore them all, and tastes the goodness and sanctity of life through them.
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