John Cheever’s Alcoholic Demons—and Worldly Glamour
LITERARY LEGENDS
“Yes, my father was a difficult, alcoholic, closeted gay man who was sometimes mean to his family. What seems to have been lost with time is his extraordinary humor.”
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My father died almost 30 years ago, and I miss him every day. He was just 70, and his first grandchild, my daughter, was only two months old.
