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192 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780312420390
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Picador USA
Publication date: 07 December 2001
Description
Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American ficiton as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer.In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New E...
Community Reviews Summary of 183 reviews
Moods
emotional 62%
sad 62%
dark 37%
hopeful 25%
lighthearted 25%
challenging 12%
funny 12%
informative 12%
relaxing 12%
tense 12%
Pace
medium 33%
slow 22%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 75% | A mix: 25%Strong character development?
Yes: 62% | No: 25% | It's complicated: 12%Loveable characters?
No: 55% | Yes: 44%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 50% | Yes: 25% | It's complicated: 12% | N/A: 12%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 75% | No: 25%Average rating
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192 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780312420390
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Picador USA
Publication date: 07 December 2001
Description
Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American ficiton as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer.In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New E...
Community Reviews Summary of 183 reviews
Moods
emotional 62%
sad 62%
dark 37%
hopeful 25%
lighthearted 25%
challenging 12%
funny 12%
informative 12%
relaxing 12%
tense 12%
Pace
medium 33%
slow 22%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 75% | A mix: 25%Strong character development?
Yes: 62% | No: 25% | It's complicated: 12%Loveable characters?
No: 55% | Yes: 44%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 50% | Yes: 25% | It's complicated: 12% | N/A: 12%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 75% | No: 25%Average rating
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.