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 impecunious and wildly ec... more »centric 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.« less
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ISBN-13: 9781423395706 ISBN-10: 1423395700 Publication Date: 3/26/2010 Edition:MP3 Una Rating:
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...