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Falconer

John Cheever

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#2720 of 8,085 books · #862 in Crime & Thriller

Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1977).

Ezekiel Farragut is a college professor, a drug-addict and a murderer. Locked in Falconer State Penitentiary, he struggles through tormenting visits from his wife, the burden of memory and guilt, and the brutal monotony of his surroundings to retain his humanity, eventually finding the possibility of redemption through an affair with a fellow prisoner.

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Publisher
Random House
ISBN-13
9781448180813
Topics
Imprisonment and redemptionAddiction and guiltIdentity and sexuality

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