John Cheever (May 27, 1912-June 18, 1982) was an American novelist and short story writer, sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs." His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the Westchester suburbs, and old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born. Cheever is perhaps best remembered for his short stories (including "The Enormous Radio," "Goodbye, … Wikipedia
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Of all the archetypal New Yorker short story writers of the Twentieth Century- John OHara, John Updike, Alice Adams, J.D. Salinger- perhaps the best of them was John Cheever- and he was certainly the best of the three big Johns. www.laurahird.com/newreview/storiesofjohncheever.html
... Index Nancy Crampton John Cheever The Art of Fiction No. 62 Interviewed by Annette Grant Issue 67, Fall 1976 View a manuscript page Download a PDF of the full interview ... www.theparisreview.com/viewinterview.php/prmMID/3667
