I first read a John Cheever story in college, “The Country Husband” which remains as funny and weird as possible. I might have learned who Cheever was in the same way as a lot of people, through his weird side-jokes in Seinfeld. But I only can confirm that after the fact. Anyway, even hearing John Cheever read a story is to literally hear the old New England patrician 20th century voice come out with incisive criticism of a world that is clearly fading out. Even […]