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"The National Book Award-winning novel by the writer whom Fran Lebowitz called "the real F. Scott Fitzgerald". Joe Chapin led a storybook life. A successful small-town lawyer with a beautiful wife, two over-achieving children, and aspirations to be president, he seemed to have it all. But as his daughter looks back on his life, a different man emerges: one in conflict with his ambitious and shrewish wife, terrified that the misdeeds of his children will dash his political dreams, and in love with a model half his age. With black wit and penetrating insight, Ten North Frederick stands with…
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5 editions- Paperback · English · 1985Carroll & Graf Publishers · 408 pages · 9780881841732
- Hardcover · English · 1955Random House · 408 pages · 9780394448145
- Other · English · 2014Penguin Publishing Group · 464 pages · 9780143107101
- Other · English · 1986Hutchinson · 9780091651602
- Other · English · 1971Panther · 412 pages · 9780586009598
National Book Award WinnerNational book awardsFiction in EnglishFiction, generalFiction, family lifeMan-woman relationships, fictionFather and child, fictionUnited states, fiction













