Glad Tidings
John Cheever. HarperCollins Publishers, $13 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-06-092555-0
This correspondence between friends and fellow writers Weaver and Cheever spans four decades. (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 08/29/1994
Genre: Nonfiction
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