CHEEVER, JOHN (1912 - 1982)
Falconer

New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1977. Published March 21, 1977. Reprinted four times. Sixth printing April 1977. Hardcover. Black cloth binding. Original dust jacket, priced at $7.95 at the front flap, minimum shelfwear.
221 pp. 15 x 21,75 x 2,5 cm. 488 gr. Jacket design by R.D. Scudellari. ISBN-10 0394410718. His tenth book, but only his fourth novel in the distinctive and stunning R.D. Scudellari designed dust jacket. Falconer is John Cheever's most wonderful novel - and unforgettably moving book both fantastic and real - about a substantial, upper-middle-class man and the storms of love, nostalgia and anger that propel him into crime. Falconer is a 1977 novel by American short-story writer and novelist John Cheever. It tells the story of Ezekiel Farragut, a college professor, a heroine addict, a sexual adventurer - locked behind the bars of Falconer prison for the murder of his brother. He has survived loneliness, brutality, his own fierce anger and the malice of a beautiful, bitchy wife. He will discover more hope, more love, more of his own human compassion - miraculously - locked behind the bars of Falconer prison. Farragut struggles to retain his humanity in the prison environment, and begins an affair with a fellow prisoner. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. A portion of this book originally appeared in Playboy magazine.

Near fine copy in a mildly spine-sunned, near fine dust jacket.


Booknumber: 11440