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'Home Before Dark clearly demanded more from its author, more courage and force of heart than will be required of any biographer of John Cheever...Intimate, deeply felt and often harrowing' - New York Times","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53216112705809,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53216112902417,"sku":"GOR005302978","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781860646805.jpg?v=1772787477"},{"product_id":"when-all-the-men-wore-hats-book-susan-cheever-9781250448798","title":"When All the Men Wore Hats","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sympathetic and illuminating account of the stories of John Cheever, and the intersecting life and work of the legendary writer John Cheever, as told by his eldest daughter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Stories of John Cheever\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1978, brought together some of the finest short fiction ever written. The collection won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, sold millions of copies, and went on to define the American short story and shape generations of writers. Cheever's chronicles of modern life both emerged from a distinctly American culture and created it--inspiring everything from \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e to a Raymond Carver story, from rock songs to a \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld\u003c\/i\u003e episode.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Growing up, Susan Cheever, John Cheever's eldest child and only daughter, read what he read, heard what he heard, bantered and gossiped with him and her brothers and mother at the dinner table, and later watched her father type on the cheap yellow paper he favored. 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