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Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

Author(s): Richard Yates

Location(s): Connecticut

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1950s

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Hailed as a masterpiece from its first publication, Revolutionary Road is the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright young couple who are bored by the banalities of suburban life and long to be extraordinary. With heartbreaking compassion and clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April’s decision to change their lives for the better leads to betrayal and tragedy.

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“I hand out copies of Revolutionary Road to anyone who will take them…one of the most moving and exact portraits of suburbia in all of American literature”–David Hare, The Observer

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