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Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates
A suburban family - - Frank, April, and the two kids - - breaks down: April decides they should move to Paris, and Frank gets involved in a messy affair at the office. Richard Yates's...... read more
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The Easter Parade
Richard Yates
Richard Yates's 1976 novel is considered one of his finest works. The story of two sisters and their thwarted lives, THE EASTER PARADE, like much of Yates's fiction, explores failure...... read more
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Young Hearts Crying
Richard Yates
Michael and Lucy Davenport meet and marry in the 1950's, and divorce in the 1970's. In between, they become disillusioned with each other, with their infidelities, with art, and with...... read more
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A Good School
Richard Yates
Yates's fifth novel chronicles the decline of a mediocre and financially insolvent New England boarding school during the years of World War II. William Grove--son of divorced parents...... read more
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Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
Richard Yates
Richard Yates's unflinchingly realistic stories explore loneliness, but they don't neglect failure, cruelty, and heartbreak. Most of the stories feature men who have been disappointed,...... read more
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Liars in Love
Richard Yates
Short stories by Richard Yates, the man considered one of the masters of the form. These stories, first collected in 1981, take place during the 1940's, 50's, and 60's, and they include...... read more
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Disturbing the Peace
Richard Yates
In Yates's third novel, John Wilder, alcoholic and mentally unstable, is unable to save himself from destruction. It is set during the years surrounding the Kennedy assassination. read more
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Cold Spring Harbor
Richard Yates
In this short, melancholy novel - - Richard Yates's last - - Evan Shepherd, an F. Scott Fitzgerald kind of hero, comes to terms with the destruction of his youthful dreams and the...... read more
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