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Rabbit at Rest (Rabbit Angs...

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"His best, only one equal to a Bellow novel in depth and resonance, along with wit."
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The Centaur

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3.70 avg rating — 4,943 ratings
"Autobiography, and my wife's fave of JU."
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A Month of Sundays

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3.40 avg rating — 1,593 ratings
"Because Updike said this and Centaur were his favorite or best, in an interview…Also, with a reverend bro, I know this man."
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Bech: A Book

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3.54 avg rating — 1,128 ratings
"Always read this as a satire on my favorite American novelist (and my Ph.D. advisor's best friend at U MN) Saul Bellow."
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Buchanan Dying : A Play

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3.09 avg rating — 55 ratings
"Very fine; undermines & displaces easy cynicism about the prez who tried to avoid the Civil War. A scholar-president, my kind--who's the last such? Wilson?
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Museums & Women and Other S...

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3.79 avg rating — 295 ratings
"Simply representative of his very great reviews.
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Couples

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3.58 avg rating — 5,835 ratings
"Best sex writing when it appeared."
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