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The Development

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.

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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"
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