{"product_id":"the-wapshot-chronicle-paperback","title":"The Wapshot Chronicle - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Cheever\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - Pulitzer Prize winner John Cheever's classic novel about one eccentric New England family, inspired by the author's own adolescence. The Wapshots have called the quintessential Massachusetts fishing village of St. Botolphs home for eons, but now it is time for the next generation--brothers Moses and Coverly--to go out and see the world. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoses heads to New York City and, eventually, a remote island in the South Pacific, while his brother travels south to Washington, D.C., and a job \"so secret that it can't be discussed here.\" Meanwhile, back in St. Botolphs, their father, Captain Leander, clashes with his fearsome Cousin Honora, who controls the family purse strings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns tragic and deeply funny, \u003ci\u003eThe Wapshot Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"richly inventive and vividly told\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) work of fiction about one very odd family.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cheever\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1912. He is the author of seven collections of stories and five novels. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Wapshot Chronicle, \u003c\/i\u003e won the 1958 National Book Award. In 1965 he received the Howells Medal for Fiction from the National Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 1978 \u003ci\u003eThe Stories of John Cheever\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Shortly before his death in 1982, he was awarded the National Medal for Literature from the Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769261293856,"sku":"9780593081778","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/beb3084221b30a6131addaeaadd3827b.webp?v=1780344512","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-wapshot-chronicle-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}