First edition (publ. Houghton Mifflin)

The Development is a book of interrelated short stories by American writer John Barth, published in 2008. The stories are set in the Heron Bay Estates gated community for the elderly in Maryland Tidewater.[1]

Stories

  1. "Peeping Tom"
  2. "Toga Party"
  3. "Teardown"
  4. "The Bard Award"
  5. "Progressive Dinner"
  6. "Us/Them"
  7. "Assisted Living"
  8. "The End"
  9. "Rebeginning"

References

  1. ^ Birkerts 2008.

Works cited

  • Birkerts, Sven (2008-10-05). "Lost in the Rest Home". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-02-14.

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