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Title: Things are not as they seem
Review: What's lurking just next door, around the corner, down the street? Those nice couples that you meet at the playground, at church and at parties, there just like you and me, right? Or can you sense the insanity bubbling just behind the facade of polite scotch and water cocktail parties and rotary club meetings?That's the theme behind Bullet Park, and Cheever explores it deftly and accurately. Some of the characters here are content with their place in the world and their neatly manicured lawns. Some are desperate and psychotic, and some are deeply depressed. Their interaction is the crux of the novel.I see alot of Cheever influence in David Lynch's work, although admittedly Cheever's stories are much more lucid. This is my first experience with Cheever, and I am off to the library to get all the Wapshot stuff. If they are half as entertaining as Bullet Park, well then, there goes my weekend :-)
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