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âA merry satire about the smart, moneyed, and demanding retirees living in a gated community . . . Scintillating on the surface and churning with danger belowâ (Booklist). From a National Book Awardâwinning author, this is a collection of ânine darkly comic stories set in a gated community on Marylandâs Eastern Shoreâ (Publishers Weekly).  Something has disturbed the comfortably aging denizens of Heron Bay Estates, a pristine retirement community in Chesapeake Bay. In the dawn of the new millenniumâand the evening of their livesâthese empty nesters have discovered that their tidy enclave can be surprisingly colorful, shocking, and surreal.  From the high jinks of a toga party to a baffling suicide pact, John Barth, âa comic genius of the highest order,â brings compassion to the lives of his characters with the mordant humor that has earned him a reputation as one of our most original storytellers (The New York Times Book Review).  âDisturbing, but humorous . . . Reading âThe Developmentâ is a worthy investment in lofty literary real estate.â âThe Seattle Times  âPerhaps the most prodigally gifted comic novelists writing in English today.â âNewsweek  âA low-key, clear-eyed, battered-but-unbowed portrait of the diminishments and minor pleasures of age. Barthâs prose still has its sinew and snap; he examines near-decrepitude with mordant, rueful wit.â âKirkus Reviews |
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