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John Cheever

John William Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American novelist and short story writer. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the Westchester suburbs, old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born, and Italy, especially Rome. He is "now recognized as one of the most important short fiction writers of the 20th century." While Cheever is perhaps best remembered for his short stories (including "The Enormous Radio", "Goodbye, My Brother", "The Five-Forty-Eight", "The Country Husband", and "The Swimmer"), he also wrote four novels, comprising The Wapshot Chronicle (National Book Award, 1958), The Wapshot Scandal (William Dean Howells Medal, 1965), Bullet Park (1969), Falconer (1977) and a novella Oh What a Paradise It Seems (1982). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Born:
May 27, 1912 In Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
3
First Appeared:
In the series Robert Montgomery Presents 1950-01-30
Latest Project:
Movie The Shady Hill Kidnapping 1982-01-12
Known For
Poster of The Shady Hill Kidnapping
Poster of Robert Montgomery Presents
Filmography
Movie The Shady Hill Kidnapping Narrator 1982-01-12
Movie The Swimmer Man at Pool Party (uncredited) 1968-08-09
Series Robert Montgomery Presents Unknown 1950-01-30