John Wilder ist erfolgreich und mit einer liebevollen Familie gesegnet. Aber etwas scheint nicht zu stimmen in seinem Leben, und mit der Unzufriedenheit steigt auch sein Alkoholkonsum, bis er eines Abends vor dem Abgrund steht und seiner Frau telefonisch mitteilt, es sei sicherer für sie, er käme nicht nach Hause. Ein eindringlicher und unvergesslicher Blick in die dunklen Winkel der Psyche, von einem der wichtigsten amerikanischen Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts

Informationen zum Autor Richard Yates was born in 1926 in New York and lived in California. His prize-winning stories began to appear in 1953 and his first novel, Revolutionary Road , was nominated for the National Book Award in 1961. He is the author of eight other works, including the novels A Good School , The Easter Parade , and Disturbing the Peace , and two collections of short stories, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness and Liars in Love . He died in 1992. Klappentext John Wilder is in his mid-thirties, a successful salesman with a place in the country, an adoring wife and a ten-year-old son.But something is wrong. His family no longer interests him, his infidelities are leading him nowhere and he has begun to drink too much. Then one night, something inside John snaps and he calls his wife to tell her that he isn't coming home... Zusammenfassung John Wilder is in his mid-thirties, a successful salesman with a place in the country, an adoring wife and a ten-year-old son.But something is wrong. Then one night, something inside John snaps and he calls his wife to tell her that he isn't coming home...

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'One of the greatest American novelists of the twentieth century' Sunday Telegraph

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John Wilder is in his mid-thirties, a successful salesman with a place in the country, an adoring wife and a ten-year-old son.But something is wrong. His family no longer interests him, his infidelities are leading him nowhere and he has begun to drink too much. Then one night, something inside John snaps and he calls his wife to tell her that he isn't coming home...