Falconer
Stunning and brutally powerful, Falconer tells the story of a man named Farragut, his crime and punishment, and his struggle to remain a man in a universe bent on beating him back into childhood. Only John Cheever could deliver these grand themes with the irony, unforced eloquence, and exhilarating humor that make Falconer such a triumphant work of the moral imagination.\ \ \ In a nightmarish prison a convict named Farragut--a professor, drug addict, and a...
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Stunning and brutally powerful, Falconer tells the story of a man named Farragut, his crime and punishment, and his struggle to remain a man in a universe bent on beating him back into childhood. Only John Cheever could deliver these grand themes with the irony, unforced eloquence, and exhilarating humor that make Falconer such a triumphant work of the moral imagination.Charles McGrath....Falconer seems to be a conventional novel of crime, punishment and redemption. -- The New York Times Books of the Century
\ Charles McGrath....Falconer seems to be a conventional novel of crime, punishment and redemption. -- The New York Times Books of the Century\ \ \ \ \ John GardnerA masterpiece…an extraordinary work of art.\ —Saturday Review\ \
