Edition: No Edition Stated
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light shelf and edge wear. Minor fading and soiling to boards. Solid copy with tight binding and clean pages. read more
Edition: Reprint. 2nd printing
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, US
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover is yellowed slightly, shelf wear, edge wear, price sticker on front cover, no spine creases. Pages are clean and unmarked. 243 p. 4 1/4" x 7" x 1/2" read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: ALFRED A. KNOPF COPYRIGHT IST EDITION
Date Published: 1969
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1969
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1969
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York Knopf
Date Published: 1969. 1969
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1969
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
"This was a fantastic take on life in the suburbs between two unlikely men who Mr. Hammer & Mr. Nailles, who become intertwined when one decides the answer is his problems is the other. Really, the exciting and stimulating parts of this book, and most of Cheever's writing/storytelling has to do with passing details about sub-characters."
"I've never read Cheever before. Very impressive. A style that veers from close to mundane to close to stream of consciousness in the space of a few sentences. I found that book absorbing and was awed by the writing."
"A clever and funny picture of the early assault on mid-century American suburbia by the cultural freight train of the 1960s. Memorable characters and some great vignettes, but plot was a little thin."
"A dystopian view of what many Americans strived for in the 60's: a superficially happy and calm life in the suburbs. This book (the first of Cheever's that I have read) reminds me strongly of Updike's Rabbit series."
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