Bullet Park (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Cheever
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1960’s
- Setting: Suburban New York
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Psychological fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: 1960’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Murder or homicide, New York City, Mental illness, Depression, mental, Suburban life
- Locales: New York
Characters Discussed
Eliot Nailles, a middle-aged chemist turned advertising man whose current project is the promotion of a mouthwash called Spang. He lives in the “village” of Bullet Park, a suburb of New York City, where he works. He loves his wife and son in a desperate and finally futile way, wishing to impart to them a sense of the blessedness of autumn leaves and thunder but not quite knowing how to do so. He is baffled by the affluence of Bullet Park and the “modern conveniences” of television, liquor, and, finally, drugs. He succeeds in saving Tony, his son,...
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