{"product_id":"john-cheever-a-biography-paperback","title":"John Cheever: A Biography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A biography of great immediacy. . . . There are many sections of great poignancy, many funny things, many of electric intimacy and candor . . . there is spellbinding power, never more so than in describing Cheever's death, pages that are both terrible and deeply moving; one is losing an old, beloved friend.\" --James Salter, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eJohn Cheever: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e is clearly an indispensable book. Donaldson moves gracefully from the personal to the literary. . . . Solidly researched and entirely readable, admiring of the writer and knowing about the man. Stuffed with fascinating anecdotes. It's a gut-wrenching story. Donaldson tells it straight, without embellishment, and our attention never strays.\" --Dan Cryer, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A coup of investigative reporting.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Both erudite and earthly. What emerges is a rich tapestry that gives the reader extraordinary insight into the workings of a master storyteller's mind.\" --Jean Graham, \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eJohn Cheever: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e by Scott Donaldson is as readable and 'unputdownable' as any thriller.\" --T. Coraghessan Boyle \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A revelation. What a triumph.\" --Frederick Exley \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Donaldson has set a high standard that other biographers will find difficult to equal.\" --John Blades, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67944832106719,"sku":"9781504030038","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Ie1TZZRp889781504030038.webp?v=1791481880","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/john-cheever-a-biography-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}