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Strange and predatory and truly dangerous, car thieves and muggers—they seem to jeopardize all our cherished concepts, even our self-esteem, our property rights, our powers of love, our laws and pleasures. The only relationship we seem to have with them is scorn or bewilderment, but they belong somewhere on the dark prairies of a country that is in the throes of self-discovery.

John Cheever

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.

John Cheever

John Cheever

John Cheever

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Born: May 27, 1912

Died: June 18, 1982 (aged 70)

Bio: John William Cheever was an American novelist and short story writer. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs".

Known for:

The Stories of John Cheever (1978)
The Wapshot Chronicle (1957)
Falconer (1977)
The Journals of John Cheever
Bullet Park (1969)

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