The Letters of John Cheever

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAY MCINERNEYJohn Cheever's letters offer a tantalising glimpse into the life of a writer. They include correspondence with his contemporaries such as Philip Roth John Updike and Saul Bellow his days as a young aspiring writer and his battles with bisexuality and alcoholism. In this collection edited by his son Benjamin Cheever we see how his private correspondence was as extraordinary as his published works.