| Bullet Park Contributor(s): Cheever, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679737871 ISBN-13: 9780679737872 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1992 Annotation: A mordantly funny hymn to the American suburb which traces the intersection of two men--the innocent Eliot Nailles and his nemesis, Paul Hammer, whose object is to murder his neighbor's son. "It has the tone of a summing-up and the tension of a vision".--The New York Times. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Humorous - Black Humor |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 91055304 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.23" W x 8" (0.46 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Welcome to Bullet Park, a township in which even the most buttoned-down gentry sometimes manage to terrify themselves simply by looking in the mirror. In these exemplary environs John Cheever traces the fateful intersection of two men: Eliot Nailles, a nice fellow who loves his wife and son to blissful distraction, and Paul Hammer, a bastard named after a common household tool, who, after half a lifetime of drifting, settles down in Bullet Park with one objective--to murder Nailles's son. Here is the lyrical and mordantly funny hymn to the American suburb--and to all the dubious normalcy it represents--delivered with unparalleled artistry and assurance. |