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The Development : Nine Stories by Barth, John, 1930- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Development : Nine Stories about?

“A merry satire about the smart, moneyed, and demanding retirees living in a gated community . . . Scintillating on the surface and churning with danger below” (Booklist). From a National Book Award–winning author, this is a collection of “nine darkly comic stories set in a gated community on Maryland’s Eastern Shore” (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 millennium—and the evening of their lives—these 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, “a comic genius of the highest order,” 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).   “Disturbing, but humorous . . . Reading ‘The Development’ is a worthy investment in lofty literary real estate.” —The Seattle Times   “Perhaps the most prodigally gifted comic novelists writing in English today.” —Newsweek   “A low-key, clear-eyed, bat

Who reads The Development : Nine Stories?

Author

Barth, John, 1930-

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780547394503

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Stories

Rating

3.38 / 5 (272 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14