John Cheever : A Biography

?A biography of great immediacy. . . . There are many sections of great poignancy, many funny things, many of electric intimacy and candor . . . there is spellbinding power, never more so than in describing Cheever?s death, pages that are both terrible and deeply moving; one is losing an old, beloved friend.? ?James Salter, Los Angeles Times Book Review  ?John Cheever: A Biography is clearly an indispensable book. Donaldson moves gracefully from the personal to the literary. . . . Solidly researched and entirely readable, admiring of the writer and knowing about the man. Stuffed with fascinating anecdotes. It?s a gut-wrenching story. Donaldson tells it straight, without embellishment, and our attention never strays.? ?Dan Cryer, Newsday  ?A coup of investigative reporting.? ?Publishers Weekly  ?Both erudite and earthly. What emerges is a rich tapestry that gives the reader extraordinary insight into the workings of a master storyteller?s mind.? ?Jean Graham, New York Daily News  ?John Cheever: A Biography by Scott Donaldson is as readable and ?unputdownable? as any thriller.? ?T. Coraghessan Boyle  ?A revelation. What a triumph.? ?Frederick Exley  ?Donaldson has set a high standard that other biographers will find difficult to equal.? ?John Blades, Chicago Tribune