Disturbing the Peace by Richard Yates

Disturbing the Peace by Richard Yates

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John Wilder is in his mid-thirties, a successful New York advertising salesman with an attractive Manhattan apartment, a place in the country, an adoring wife and a ten-year-old son. But something has started to go wrong. His wife no longer interests him. His son grows more distant by the day. His infidelities are leading him nowhere.

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Disturbing the Peace by Richard Yates

John Wilder is in his mid-thirties, a successful New York advertising salesman with an attractive Manhattan apartment, a place in the country, an adoring wife and a ten-year-old son. But something has started to go wrong. His wife no longer interests him. His son grows more distant by the day. His infidelities are leading him nowhere.
"* 'Read and weep' Kate Atkinson, Guardian * 'The most perceptive author of the twentieth century' The Times * 'Spell-binding' Sunday Tribune * 'Was there ever a writer who saw so clearly and depicted so faithfully the cracks in this broken world?' Michael Chabon"
Richard Yates was born in 1926 in New York and lived in California. His prize-winning stories began to appear in 1953, and Revolutionary Road, his first novel, was nominated for the National Book Award in 1961. He died in 1992.
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ISBN 13 9780413776204
ISBN 10 0413776204
Title Disturbing the Peace
Author Richard Yates
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Methuen Publishing Ltd
Year published 2007-01-11
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.