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The Wapshot Chronicle
by John Cheever
1957307 pagesModerate readSteady pace
★ National Book Award for Fiction, 1958
An eccentric family in a Massachusetts fishing village copes with life
This is John Cheever's debut novel. It is set in a Massachusetts fishing village and centers on Leander Wapshot, his sons Moses and Coverly, and his eccentric Cousin Honora. Harper & Brothers published it on March 25, 1957, and Cheever later wrote a sequel, The Wapshot Scandal (1964).
More about this book
Who
Leander Wapshot, his sons Moses and Coverly, and Cousin Honora.
World
A fishing village in Massachusetts.
What makes it different
It is Cheever's first novel and has a sequel, The Wapshot Scandal, published in 1964.
Feel
Often humorous and family-centered. It won the 1958 National Book Award for Fiction.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- The Wapshot ChronicleWikipedia