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One of our best novelists proves once again that he’s one of our best writers. Full review >
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Updike has never been better than when writing about the Angstroms and their discontents, in his justly famous “quartet,”... Full review >
NOV. 19, 2002
Another new fictional world entered, as Updike himself enters old age, with skills and ambitions very much intact. Full review >
OCT. 31, 2008
A work of old age that takes its time, gently drawing us into its knowing orbit. We inhabit this story as we do the later... Full review >
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A fine final act. Full review >
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