Cheever: a Life (Vintage) 1 Reprint edition

John Cheever spent much of his career impersonating a perfect suburban gentleman, the better to become one of the foremost chroniclers of postwar America. Written with unprecedented access to essential sources?including Cheever?s massive journal, only a fraction of which has ever been published?Bailey?s Cheever is a stunning example of the biographer?s art and a brilliant tribute to an essential author.