Three local businesses converged on Nassau Street in Princeton to celebrate locally-based Wild River Books’ launch of author Edmund Keeley’s eighth novel on April 22.
Hosted by Labyrinth Books and co-sponsored by Hopewell Valley Community Bank, the event celebrated Keeley’s The Megabuilders of Queenston Park, which is set in Princeton.
The novel is a satire about modern suburban life as college town faces developmental pressures on its architectural and social landscape. Ambitious megabuilders–real-estate developers who specialize in erecting large residences on small lots–roam the neighborhoods in search of modest postwar homes to tear down and replace with huge, often modular, constructions.
Keeley, a Princeton resident, and has written eight novels, 15 volumes of poetry and fiction in translation, and 10 volumes of non-fiction. He taught English and creative writing at Princeton University from 1954 to 1994 and served for some years as director of creative writing and Hellenic studies.
Keely served twice as president of the Modern Greek Studies Association and president of PEN American Center. During his retirement, Keeley continues to write regularly and to travel to new and old places.
