โA biography of great immediacy.ย .ย .ย . There are many sections of great poignancy, many funny things, many of electric intimacy and candorย .ย .ย . there is spellbinding power, never more so than in describing Cheeverโs death, pages that are both terrible and deeply moving; one is losing an old, beloved friend.โ โJames Salter, Los Angeles Times Book Review
ย
โJohn Cheever: A Biography is clearly an indispensable book. Donaldson moves gracefully from the personal to the literary.ย .ย .ย . Solidly researched and entirely readable, admiring of the writer and knowing about the man. Stuffed with fascinating anecdotes. Itโs a gut-wrenching story. Donaldson tells it straight, without embellishment, and our attention never strays.โ โDan Cryer, Newsday
ย
โA coup of investigative reporting.โ โPublishers Weekly
ย
โBoth erudite and earthly. What emerges is a rich tapestry that gives the reader extraordinary insight into the workings of a master storytellerโs mind.โ โJean Graham, New York Daily News
ย
โJohn Cheever: A Biography by Scott Donaldson is as readable and โunputdownableโ as any thriller.โ โT. Coraghessan Boyle
ย
โA revelation. What a triumph.โ โFrederick Exley
ย
โDonaldson has set a high standard that other biographers will find difficult to equal.โ โJohn Blades, Chicago Tribune
ย