The Patriot

Name: The Patriot
Author: Evan S. Connell Jr. Connell

About the author

Evan S. Connell Jr. wrote with lapidary care about suburban marriage and the American middle class. Mrs. Bridge and Mr. Bridge are two of the finest portrait novels in American literature, standing apart in their cold, compassionate precision.

More by Evan S. Connell Jr. Connell

Mrs. BridgePortrait of a reserved Kansas housewife's quiet interior life and unspoken longings
Mr. BridgeCounterpart to Mrs. Bridge exploring a husband's parallel inner world and secret doubts
The Diary of a RapistPsychological thriller told through the confessional diary of a serial rapist's twisted mind
Son of the Morning StarEpic historical narrative of the Battle of the Little Bighorn and its key figures