The Wapshot scandal
Tells of the Wapshot family as they carom around the world with considerable velocity, at times veering into outbreaks of wild hilarity. The Wapshot Scandal is the second novel by American writer John Cheever. The book followed The Wapshot Chronicle, and was awarded the 1965 William Dean Howells Medal. The scandal of the title involves one of the Wapshot wives running off with a 19-year-old bagboy from the local A&P and making a life with him in Italy.
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- Full title :The Wapshot scandal / John Cheever.
Summary
Tells of the Wapshot family as they carom around the world with considerable velocity, at times veering into outbreaks of wild hilarity.
The Wapshot Scandal is the second novel by American writer John Cheever. The book followed The Wapshot Chronicle, and was awarded the 1965 William Dean Howells Medal. The scandal of the title involves one of the Wapshot wives running off with a 19-year-old bagboy from the local A&P and making a life with him in Italy.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©1964
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Harper & Row
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1964
The Physical Object
- Description:6 unnumbered pages, 309 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780060528881, 0060528885
- oclc:ocm00225681
- LC Classification:PZ3.C3983
- Dewey Decimal:813.5
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