Revolutionary Road, The Easter Parade, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness

Richard Yates was acclaimed as one of the most powerful, compassionate and accomplished writers of America''s post-war generation. Whether addressing the smothered desire of suburban housewives, the white-collar despair of Manhattan office workers or the heartbreak of a single mother with artistic pretensions, Yates ruthlessly examines the hopes and disappointments of ordinary people with empathy and humour.