内容简介
'IfellhopelesslyinlovewithJohnCheeverlastyear...Hewas,andhisfictionis,extraordinary.IlovethewayyouneverknowwhatonEarthisgoingtohappennext'PhilipHensherEliotNaillesloveshiswifeandsontodistraction;PaulHammerisabastardnamedafteracommonhouseholdtool.NeighboursinBulletPark,thetwobecomefatefullylinkedbythemysteriousbindingpoweroftheirnamesinCheever'ssharpandfunnyhymntothedubiousnormalityoftheAmericansuburbs.
作者简介
JohnCheeverwasborninQuincy,Massachusetts,in1912,andhewenttoschoolatThayerAcademyinSouthBraintree.Heistheauthorofsevencollectionsofstoriesandfivenovels.Hisfirstnovel,TheWapshotChronicle,wonthe1958NationalBookAward.In1965hereceivedtheHowellsMedalforFictionfromtheNationalAcademyofArtsandLettersandin1978hewontheNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardandthePulitzerPrize.Shortlybeforehisdeathin1982hewasawardedtheNationalMedalforLiterature.