Cheever_ A Life - Blake Bailey
ALSO BY BLAKE BAILEY
A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates
EDITED BY BLAKE BAILEY
John Cheever: Complete Novels
John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings
For Mary, Marlies, and Amelia
I've never intended to be patronizing. As a child I was told to remember, at all times, that I was a CHEEVAH. I thought this bullshit had cured me.
—John Cheever to Frederick Exley
Fred, remember you are a Cheever.
—John Cheever's advice to his younger son
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