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Originally Posted by gmku
I'm also looking for a copy of the Bech book.
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My local library has a very respectable used book sale every single month, and I've been able to amass most of Updike's stuff for very little money. In fact, I have duplicates of quite a few of his novels and three versions of Couples for no reason at all. But I splurged on the Everyman's Library version of the Complete Henry Bech. A really nice printing of some of his best stuff. Getting away from his WASPY-y background really fired his engines.
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Did you already know Updike's first wife was Nabokov's student at Cornell?
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Rabbit Angstrom really is a piece of shit and I've always wondered why those books were so popular.