Falconer (novel)

This article is about the John Cheever novel. For the Mary Shelley novel, see Falkner (novel).

Falconer
First edition cover (Knopf)
Cover design by R. D. Scudellari[1]
AuthorJohn Cheever
LanguageEnglish
PublisherKnopf
Publication date
1977
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)

Falconer is a 1977 novel by American short story writer and novelist John Cheever.[2][3] It tells the story of Ezekiel Farragut, a university professor and drug addict who is serving time in Falconer State Prison for the murder of his brother. Farragut struggles to retain his humanity in the prison environment, and begins an affair with a fellow prisoner.

  1. ^ "Adams". November 22, 2007 – via Flickr.
  2. ^ Towers, Robert (March 17, 1977). "Up the River". The New York Review of Books.
  3. ^ Muske-Dukes, Carol (August 13, 2013). "John Cheever at Sing Sing". The New Yorker.