Through The Fields Of Clover
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Beneath the manicured lawns and cheerful facades of American suburbia, Peter De Vries finds a rich vein of comic absurdity that is at once hilarious and quietly devastating. Through the Fields of Clover follows the entanglements of Ben Wadsworth, a mild-mannered man caught between the competing demands of two very different women — his steadfast wife and a spirited, unpredictable mistress — as the perfectly ordered world of middle-class life begins to unravel with farcical consequences. De Vries orchestrates his characters' collisions with the precision of a satirist who loves his subjects even as he skewers them, producing a novel that is as much a meditation on marriage and desire as it is a rollicking domestic comedy. A master of the comic novel, De Vries writes with a wit so sharp it draws blood, yet his prose carries an unmistakable warmth that keeps the laughter from ever turning cruel. His dialogue crackles with wordplay and irony, and his eye for the small hypocrisies of respectable American life remains as acute here as in his celebrated The Tunnel of Love. Through the Fields of Clover stands as a testament to De Vries's singular ability to make readers laugh out loud at the very things that quietly break their hearts — leaving one to wonder whether suburban bliss was ever anything more than a beautifully decorated cake.
Author: Peter De Vries
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Beneath the manicured lawns and cheerful facades of American suburbia, Peter De Vries finds a rich vein of comic absurdity that is at once hilarious and quietly devastating. Through the Fields of Clover follows the entanglements of Ben Wadsworth, a mild-mannered man caught between the competing demands of two very different women — his steadfast wife and a spirited, unpredictable mistress — as the perfectly ordered world of middle-class life begins to unravel with farcical consequences. De Vries orchestrates his characters' collisions with the precision of a satirist who loves his subjects even as he skewers them, producing a novel that is as much a meditation on marriage and desire as it is a rollicking domestic comedy. A master of the comic novel, De Vries writes with a wit so sharp it draws blood, yet his prose carries an unmistakable warmth that keeps the laughter from ever turning cruel. His dialogue crackles with wordplay and irony, and his eye for the small hypocrisies of respectable American life remains as acute here as in his celebrated The Tunnel of Love. Through the Fields of Clover stands as a testament to De Vries's singular ability to make readers laugh out loud at the very things that quietly break their hearts — leaving one to wonder whether suburban bliss was ever anything more than a beautifully decorated cake.