Then I think of the great writers of suburban misery (and drinking, and adultery), Updike and Cheever.
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The Letters of John Cheever Edited by Benjamin Cheever Nobody put things quite like Cheever.
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This is Cheever on Xanax, or maybe lithium, but the voice is still there; sardonic, hilarious, and very much of our time.
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The acclaimed author of Endless Love, who is often compared to Cheever and Updike, returns with his tenth novel.
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You are a Cheever, my father would tell his children with a buoyancy in his voice which suggested both seriousness and mockery.
Cheever on Cheever|Susan Cheever|March 3, 2009|DAILY BEAST
But he paused honorably to say, "Cheever, I'm looking for you."
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
She seemed to feel that some of the rouge from Zada's lips had been left there by Cheever's lips.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
His imagination is so vast as to dwarf all the higher faculties, and his sympathy as narrow as Dr. Cheever's or Brownson's.
Notes of a Son and Brother|Henry James
She also saw Charity and Jim and Cheever's sudden flush of rage.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
He could not keep Cheever off far enough to use his longer reach.
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British Dictionary definitions for Cheever
Cheever
/ (ˈtʃiːvə) /
noun
John. 1912–82, US novelist and short-story writer. His novels include The Wapshot Chronicle (1957) and Bullet Park (1969)