A review by toddwe
Bullet Park by John Cheever

The structure of this book reminded me of Franny & Zooey (Salinger), in that there were sections in different styles and from different perspectives. I wonder if the author thought through the entire book before writing, though, since the last 100 pages just barely necessitate the first 100. The writing is more modern than I expected, having never read Cheever before. I wish the author had spent more time with the story as opposed to 85% on character background / development, but it wasn't a terribly long book, and the quality of the writing--and what I can imagine it effected when it was published--makes up for the continual thought of 'so, when is there going to be something that actually happens?'