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“I find myself willing to create down for whoever, before my-memory goes kaput entirely, some consideration of our small community, particularly of what Margie and I consider to possess been its most fascinating hr: summer time of the Peeping Tom.” Anything has disrupted the easily outdated denizens of the perfect California-style gated community in Chesapeake Bay nation. In the night of the lives and the beginning of the brand new century, these empty-nesters realize that their neat enclave is often as surprising, vibrant, and as some of Steve Barth’s imaginary locations unique. In the high jinks of the toga party to marital infidelities, a confusing suicide pact, and the unexpected, apocalyptic damage of the short lived improvement, Barth provides mordant wit and empathy towards the lives of people all of us know well. From “one of the most prodigally talented comic writers writing in English today” (Newsweek), The Improvement is John Barth at his most accessible and supportive greatest.