Atmospheric novel about small-town New England and escape from its confining society. Some really gripping set-pieces and sharply drawn characters, beautifully written descriptive prose, but no discernible plot. A short-story writer, Cheever seemed to experience some difficulty in holding a larger narrative structure together.
Atmospheric novel about small-town New England and escape from its confining society. Some really gripping set-pieces and sharply drawn characters, beautifully written descriptive prose, but no discernible plot. A short-story writer, Cheever seemed to experience some difficulty in holding a larger narrative structure together.