6/29/2023 0 Comments The easter parade novel![]() His first and best novel – Revolutionary Road – was published in 1961. Back in the USA, he wrote and taught to support himself, his wife (they divorced in 1959) and his daughters. He returned to New York, where he got married but went back to Europe with the money he received from his army disability pension. He served in the army occupying Germany and also got TB. After graduation, he joined the army in 1944 and saw action in France. His parents divorced when he was three and the family – his mother, his sister and Yates – moved around. He has a small coterie of fans who push hard for his recognition but, with the possible exception of occasional articles promoting one or other of his works, he remains mired in oblivion. ![]() ![]() Richard Yates is one of those writers of which there are, sadly, all too many on this site. ![]()
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