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Falconer
Falconer, novel by John Cheever, published in 1977.
Ezekiel Farragut, descended from a wealthy, aristocratic New England family that fell on hard times and has been reduced to operating a gas station on its Cape Cod estate, by the age of 48 has served overseas with the army in World War II, where he contracted a drug addiction, become a university professor, and married, though unhappily, a beautiful woman, Marcia, and is the father of a son, Peter. At that age he is also confined to Falconer State Prison in Connecticut for the murder of his older brother Eben, who had taunted him with being their parents' unwanted child. In prison he is cured of his drug addiction but becomes involved homosexually with another inmate, Jody, until his friend escapes. Some time later a cellmate dies. Farragut removes the body from its shroud, zips himself in its place, and upon being carried out of the prison faces his future with a fearless sense of freedom. |
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Falconer." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Falconer." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-Falconer.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Falconer." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-Falconer.html |
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falconer
fal·con·er / ˈfalkənər; ˈfôl-/ • n. a person who keeps, trains, or hunts with falcons, hawks, or other birds of prey. |
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"falconer." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "falconer." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-falconer.html "falconer." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-falconer.html |
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"falconer." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "falconer." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-falconer.html "falconer." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-falconer.html |
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