Wickford Point

(Paperback)

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- A rediscovery. WICKFORD POINT follows "The Late George Apley as the second of Marquand's acclaimed and bestselling novels that Back Bay has restored to print.- John P. Marquand is regarded as one of the 20th century's masters of sophisticated domestic fiction, occupying a midpoint on the spectrum between Edith Wharton and John Cheever.

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""A novel of more than surface brilliance.... A novel of importance because its underlying emphasis is upon the springs of human behavior.... Mr. Marquand has thrown a sharp illumination on a group of people whose conduct has the actuality of life."