The Wapshot Chronicle
The Wapshot Chronicle is a 1957 bisexual fiction novel by John Cheever. The story is set in Massachusetts. It deals with fishing villages, National Book Award Winner, family and families.
15 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 27 editions.
It runs to roughly 307 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
About The Wapshot Chronicle
Meet the Wapshots of St Botolphs. There is Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea-dog and would-be suicide; his licentious older son, Moses; and Moses's adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly. Tragic and funny, ribald and splendidly picaresque, and partly based on Cheever's adolescence in New England, The Wapshot Chronicle is a stirring family narrative in the finest traditions of Trollope, Dickens, and Henry James
Awards & lists
- ✦National Book Award (1958)
Quick answers
Who wrote The Wapshot Chronicle?
The Wapshot Chronicle was written by John Cheever and first published in 1957.
What genre is The Wapshot Chronicle?
It is usually shelved as Bisexual Fiction.
How long is The Wapshot Chronicle?
The median edition has 307 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Wapshot Chronicle?
Readers who like it often enjoy Autoboyography, Crazy Cock and Little & Lion.
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