John Updike was a master storyteller,and this collection,from his final years,reveals that up to the end he remained the finest short-story writer of his generation.'Magnificent,exhilarating,crisply evocative,rippling with irony. Updike's genius can be seen on peak form. With this book,a talent that burnt brightly goes out in a blaze of brilliance'Sunday Times'A haunting valedictory alive with characteristic preoccupations: small-town life; "domestic duplicity"; travel; aging rituals; and the transience of existence. This is a collection filled with nuanced observations,descriptive flair and sentences that stop you in your tracks'Metro
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141042596Number of pages: 304Weight: 263 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 22 mm
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