The Letters of John Cheever
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781409090281
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 416
He lies, in American writing, somewhere between Scott Fitzgerald and John Updike
Malcolm Bradbury
The master of the short story was also the master of the short letter
Sunday Times
I enjoyed The Letters of John Cheever enormously... Cheever shone in his three-paragraph masterpieces about temperamental plumbing, pets, and the loneliness of the short story-writer
Zoe Heller
Cheever's work - a succession of brilliant short stories for the New Yorker and four novels - depends on an edgy eye for detail and a compulsive narrative personality
Independent
John's letters and Benjamin's commentary makes a special kind of dialogue that touches and haunts, both in what is said and what is kept silent
Los Angeles Times
Cheever's eldest son Benjamin's insights are as illuminating as the letters
The Times
A welcome re-issue.. a great read, full of good-natured but by no means sappy humour and alive with vigorous details
Sunday Herald
A superb volume
Lesley McDowell, The Herald