Posted inArts
New in Print
Blake Bailey’s utterly absorbing and unquestionably definitive biography coincides with the release of two Library of America collections of Cheever’s novels and short stories
John Cheever
Posted inScreens
Video Reviews
Like the movie, Burt Lancaster’s title character — an aging suburbanite who one day decides, on an afternoon lark, to “swim home” pool-to-pool through the back yards of his friends — starts out lightly charming us, only to plunge into darker waters.
