Her er et intervju,

en artikkel, slik jeg liker dem

En historie om et liv med nederlag, skam, idyll, suksess, historien er om livet til forfatteren John Cheever som jeg ikke kjenner til, fortalt ved hjelp av en datter, en sønn, en kone, en biografs blikk
og journalisten Rachel Cookes tydelige stemme.
Hun kjører opp til John Cheevers gamle hjem i Ossining
(der Don Draper bor, ingen tilfeldighet.)

Because we're not the walking wounded. First of all, my father was incredibly funny. Sometimes it was really mean; you were laughing and crying at the same time. He was completely unscrupulous about what he would do to make you laugh. But we were all laughing, and there is something about laughing that is profoundly healing. My other theory is that there is something profoundly healing about reading, and we were reading all the time. Whatever it was, I'm grateful for it. I just thought my parents were so interesting. I still do. My mother… well, you're about to meet her. I never know what she's going to say next, even after all these years. Her er saken fra the Guardian