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jbstaniforth 's review for:
The Wapshot Chronicle
by John Cheever
Slow start, but even in its stodgiest moments this book is witty, deadpan, and dry while also occasionally lush. It being a family saga, there’s just a lot in here, and it’s all pretty chaotic. But the language that ties it together is deft and elegant, with occasion pitch-perfect stabs of vulgarity. Though this meanders and lacks the focus of Falconer or Bullet Park, there’s no mistaking Cheever at work here, particularly in the masterful descriptions in rich language sprinkled sparingly with magnificent humour.