Collects critical essays on the life, influences, and works of John Cheever, including selections by Robert G. Collins, Samuel Chase Coale, Robert A. Morace, Daniel T. O'Hara, and others.
A portrait of the life of John Cheever reveals a soul in conflict, describing his life as a high-school dropout, alcoholic, secret bisexual, and a man who concealed his deeply-rooted anxieties while becoming one of the most iconic literary figures of our time.