In the canon
The Swimmer
- Form
- Form Short Story
- Year
- Year 1964
- Pages
- Pages 12
A suburban man decides to swim home through a chain of his neighbours' pools, and as the afternoon slips by, the water turns cold and the welcomes turn cold, until he reaches his own house to find it dark, locked and emptied of his life.
It was one of those midsummer Sundays when everyone sits around saying, "I drank too much last night."
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