Revolutionary Road (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375708442)

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - Frank and April Wheeler are a bright, beautiful, talented couple in the 1950s whose perfect suburban life is about to crumble in this "moving and absorbing story" (The Atlantic Monthly) from one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century.

"The Great Gatsby of my time...one of the best books by a member of my generation." --Kurt Vonnegut, acclaimed author of Slaughterhouse-Five

Perhaps Frank and April Wheeler married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull. And April never saw herself as a housewife. Yet they have always lived on the assumption that greatness is only just around the corner. But now that certainty is about to unravel. With heartbreaking compassion and remorseless clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April mortgage their spiritual birthright, betraying not only each other, but their best selves.

In his introduction to this edition, novelist Richard Ford pays homage to the lasting influence and enduring power of Revolutionary Road.

Author: Richard Yates
ISBN-10: 0375708448
ISBN-13: 9780375708442
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 04/25/2000
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.24h x 4.98w x 0.78d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/15/2000 pg. 120