Cheever

At a certain point in the last year or so I bought a copy of The Stories of John Cheever. I believe I purchased it at one of my favorite used bookstores: The Iliad. I’m a Cheever fan; “The Swimmer” is one of my favorite short stories. Since I’m wrapping up writing a short story, and because recently a post on Threads asking about the last longest books followers had read got me thinking about the longest books I’ve ever read, I decided to read the Cheever book between now and the end of the year. It’s nearly 700 pages long, and it contains in the neighborhood of 60 short stories. In any case, I’ll share my thoughts about the book with my Books I Read series when I’m finished with it. (Some of the longest books I’ve ever read are The Tunnel by William Gass at 652 pages and The Stand by Stephen King at 1,472 pages.) The story I’m finishing writing is currently titled “Supernova” and is looking to be around 5,000 words or so when it’s done.

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