Summary
In this classic novel, Richard Yates, hailed as a preeminent chronicler of the American condition and author of the acclaimed Revolutionary Road, weaves a masterful, unflinching tale of two families brought together by chance, desperation, and desire.
Evan Shepard was born with good looks, bad luck, and a love for the open road. But it was on one such drive, with his father from rural Long Island into lower Manhattan, that Evan’s life would be changed forever. When their car …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385295963 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385295960 |
| Author: | Richard Yates |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 1987 |
| Weight: | 78g |
| Dimensions: | 206mm x 130mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Delta |
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Critics Review
“Richard Yates is among the very truest of American writers. Each of his novels and each story unfalteringly traces our destinies and rescues us from the lost. He sees eye-to-eye with every one of us.” —Gina Berriault“One of the handful of American novelists…who can be said to have a ‘vision of life.’ ” —New York Times Book Review
About The Author
Richard Yates
Richard Yates, a native New Yorker, was born in 1926. His first novel, Revolutionary Road, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Much admired by peers, he was known during his lifetime as the foremost fiction writer of the post-war “age of anxiety.” He published his last novel in 1986 and died in 1992.
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