Disturbing the Peace by Richard Yates

Disturbing the Peace by Richard Yates

Everything began to go wrong for Janice Wilder in the late summer of 1960. And the worst part, she always said afterwards, the awful part, was that it seemed to happen without warning...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, and he has begun to drink too much. Suddenly John Wilder finds himself slipping into a well of despair, cast into a state of utter confusion and lack of control. His wife and friends stand helplessly by, unable to pull him out. For he has shattered the frail peace of their little world, and no one dares follow him to bring him back. First published in 1975, "Kirkus Reviews" called "Disturbing the Peace" 'Yates's strongest novel since Revolutionary Road.' It is a brilliantly savage glimpse into one man's private and lonely agony.

"* '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
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Methuen Publishing Ltd
Year published	2007-01-11
Number of pages	288
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