Oh What a Paradise It Seems

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Oh What a Paradise It Seems [Book] Douban

author: John Cheever publishing house: Vintage 1992 - 1

An old man falls violently in love and does valiant battle against unscrupulous polluters in John Cheever's ineffably joyful last novel.

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