PETER (THE GREAT) DE VRIES
Derek and Jon De Vries, the sons of Peter De Vries--the great, semi-forgotten, American comic writer--are beginning a campaign to bring their father’s work to new readers. They’ve gotten an agent; and they’ve asked friends and fans to spread the news.
As consolation, he is still in print--just barely. The University of Chicago Press reissued two of his novels--one of them the heartbreaking “The Blood of the Lamb.”
For a quick De Vries refresher course, here’s a link to a Critic at Large essay I wrote nine years ago for The New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004...
The Blood of the Lamb
As consolation, he is still in print--just barely. The University of Chicago Press reissued two of his novels--one of them the heartbreaking “The Blood of the Lamb.”
For a quick De Vries refresher course, here’s a link to a Critic at Large essay I wrote nine years ago for The New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004...
The Blood of the Lamb
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