''The Development'' is a book of interrelated short stories by American writer
John Barth
John Simmons Barth (; born May 27, 1930) is an American writer who is best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include ''The Sot-Weed Factor'', a sa ...
, published in 2008. The stories are set in the Heron Bay Estates gated community for the elderly in Maryland
Tidewater.
Stories
# "Peeping Tom"
# "Toga Party"
# "Teardown"
# "The Bard Award"
# "Progressive Dinner"
# "Us/Them"
# "Assisted Living"
# "The End"
# "Rebeginning"
References
Works cited
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Further reading
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2008 books
2008 short story collections
Novels by John Barth
Novels set in Maryland
Houghton Mifflin books
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