Those Genial Murderers

One of the charms of JohnnCheever's early work Hes in the humanenbreadth of its sympathies. In a novel likenThe Wapshot Chronicle, or a story liken"A Vision of the World," Cheever communicatesna good-humored affection fornthe human comedy that lifts his writingnabove the narrow passions and animositiesnof so much . . .