Falconer
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:4th Dec '14
£9.99
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The raw, rage-filled final novel from a master American storyteller
Discover John Cheever’s quirky psychological novel that is the perfect book club read.
Ezekiel Farragut is a college professor, a drug-addict and a murderer.
Discover John Cheever’s quirky psychological novel that is the perfect book club read.
Ezekiel Farragut is a college professor, a drug-addict and a murderer. Locked in Falconer State Penitentiary, he struggles through tormenting visits from his wife, the burden of memory and guilt, and the brutal monotony of his surroundings to retain his humanity, eventually finding the possibility of redemption through an affair with a fellow prisoner. Considered by many to be Cheever's masterpiece, Falconer is a tour de force from one of America's greatest storytellers.
A whole swathe of poor and underprivileged America is evoked by one of the country's most rarified stylists -- James Wood
One of the most important novels of our time.. Read it and be ennobled * New York Times *
Splendid...it is rough, it is elegant, it is pure. It is also indispensable, if you earnestly desire to know what is happening to the human soul in the USA. -- Saul Bellow
One of our truly fine writers...Moving and excellent * Washington Post *
ISBN: 9780099583134
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm
Weight: 138g
192 pages