{"product_id":"9780593081778","title":"The Wapshot Chronicle","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cem\u003eThe Wapshot Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1957, John Cheever was already recognized as a writer of superb short stories. But \u003cem\u003eThe Wapshot Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 1958 National Book Award, established him as a major novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased in part on Cheever’s adolescence in New England, the novel follows the destinies of the impecunious and wildly eccentric Wapshots of St. Botolphs, a quintessential Massachusetts fishing village. Here are the stories of Captain Leander Wapshot, venerable sea dog and would-be suicide; of his licentious older son, Moses; and of Moses’ adoring and errant younger brother, Coverly. Tragic and funny, ribald and splendidly picaresque, \u003cem\u003eThe Wapshot Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e is a family narrative in the tradition of Trollope, Dickens, and Henry James.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026931237104,"sku":"9780593081778","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780593081778_p0.jpg?v=1763721355","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780593081778","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}