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The Wapshot Chronicle
The Wapshot Chronicle
Author: John Cheever
When The Wapshot Chronicle was published in 1957, John Cheever was already recognized as a writer of superb short stories. But The Wapshot Chronicle, which won the 1958 National Book Award, established him as a major novelist. — Based in part on Cheever's adolescence in New England, the novel follows the destinies of the impecun...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780345294081
ISBN-10: 0345294084
Publication Date: 9/12/1986
Pages: 249
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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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For every Wapshot life was a continuous celebration. In each generation a Wapshot boy awakened to manhood with a certain gamey exuberance, an irrepressible urge to make a dent in the world. Up and out they went...

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