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A Good School. A Good School is a novel by American writer Richard Yates first published in 1978. [1] [2] It is set at a fictional Connecticut prep school in the early 1940s and relates the coming of age of a group of mainly WASP boys who at the same time prepare themselves if half-heartedly, to go to war immediately after graduation. A Good ...
Richard Walden Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American fiction writer identified with the mid-century "Age of Anxiety". His first novel, Revolutionary Road, was a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award, while his first short story collection, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness, brought comparisons to James Joyce.
Revolutionary Road is American author Richard Yates 's debut novel about 1950s suburban life on the East Coast. It was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1962, along with Catch-22 and The Moviegoer. When published by Atlantic-Little, Brown in 1961, it received critical acclaim, and The New York Times reviewed it as "beautifully crafted ...
0-312-42040-4. OCLC. 49800424. A Special Providence is a novel by American writer Richard Yates. First published in 1969, Yates' third book concerns the dual exploits of an awkward infantry soldier in World War II and his mother, a deluded sculptor living in New York City .
Richard Yates not only wore Brooks Brothers clothing throughout his life, but he often referred to the brand in his writing, including in A Good School, in which one of the characters tries to hang himself with a Brooks Brothers belt. Writer Tom Wolfe makes repeated mentions of Brooks Brothers in his essays on style and status.
229 (Hardback first edition) ISBN. 0-385-28236-2. The Easter Parade is a novel by American writer Richard Yates. Published in 1976, Yates's book explores the tragic lives of two sisters. [1] Along with Revolutionary Road, his debut novel, the book is considered to be Yates' finest work. [2]
S. A Special Providence. Categories: Works by Richard Yates. American novels by writer.
The Jacket (. Seinfeld. ) " The Jacket " is the third episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld and the show's eighth episode overall. [1] In the episode, Jerry Seinfeld buys an expensive suede jacket and has dinner with the father of his ex-girlfriend Elaine Benes. Elaine's father Alton, a war veteran and writer, makes Jerry and ...