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Listopia > Alan's votes on the list Best of John Updike (7 Books)
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Rabbit at Rest (Rabbit Angstrom, #4)
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"His best, only one equal to a Bellow novel in depth and resonance, along with wit."
Alan
rated it 5 stars
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The Centaur
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"Autobiography, and my wife's fave of JU."
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A Month of Sundays
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"Because Updike said this and Centaur were his favorite or best, in an interview…Also, with a reverend bro, I know this man."
Alan
rated it 5 stars
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Bech: A Book
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"Always read this as a satire on my favorite American novelist (and my Ph.D. advisor's best friend at U MN) Saul Bellow."
Alan
rated it 5 stars
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Buchanan Dying : A Play
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"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?
Alan
rated it 5 stars
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Museums & Women and Other Stories
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"Simply representative of his very great reviews.
Alan
rated it 4 stars
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Couples
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"Best sex writing when it appeared."
Alan
rated it 4 stars
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