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Tyler, Anne The Amateur Marriage Vintage 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1125189. ISBN #0345470613 / 9780345470614. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Tyler, Anne The Amateur Marriage Vintage 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1125189. ISBN #0345470613 / 9780345470614. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage and its consequences, spanning three generations. They seemed like the perfect couple young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore though she lived only twenty minutes away , walked into his mother s grocery store, Michael was smitten. And in the heat of World War II fervor, they are propelled into a hasty wedding. But they never should have married. Pauline, impulsive, impractical, tumbles hit-or-miss through life; Michael, plodding, cautious, judgmental, proceeds deliberately. While other young marrieds, equally ignorant at the start, seemed to grow more seasoned, Pauline and Michael remain amateurs. In time their foolish quarrels take their toll. Even when they find themselves, almost thirty years later, loving, instant parents to a little grandson named Pagan, whom they rescue from Haight-Ashbury, they still cannot bridge their deep-rooted differences. Flighty Pauline clings to the notion that the rifts can always be patched. To the unyielding Michael, they become unbearable. From the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counterculture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayered apparel of later years, Anne Tyler captures the evocative nuances of everyday life during these decades with such telling precision that every page brings smiles of recognition. Throughout, as each of the competing voices bears witness, we are drawn ever more fully into the complex entanglements of family life in this wise, embracing, and deeply perceptive novel.
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Tyrewala, Altaf No God in Sight 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1007333. ISBN #1596921943 / 9781596921948. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Tyrewala, Altaf No God in Sight 2006 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1007333. ISBN #1596921943 / 9781596921948. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Hurtling from one first-person account to another, No God In Sight is a daring novel about present-day Bombay and the individual lives that spark the city s consciousness. Fast-paced and innovative, No God In Sight captures the seething multiplicity of Bombay through first-person accounts of an abortionist, a convert, a pregnant refugee, a gangster in hiding, a butcher, and an apathetic CEO, among others. As the reader is hurled from monologue to short story to anecdote, disparate lives collide in tantalizing ways. A family flees religious persecution in their village to take refuge in an urban slum; women walk the tightrope of free will and dormant violence; a father and son grant each other the relief of estrangement; and young men and women struggle to comprehend the consequences of sexual attraction. At the heart of the action is the city itself: a teeming, breathing, suffering Bombay that demands subservience and total surrender before it will sanction survival. Insightful, ironic, and scathingly honest, No God in Sight is a brilliant debut by a talented young writer.
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Uchida, Yoshiko Journey to Topaz Heyday Books 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1161060. ISBN #1890771910 / 9781890771911. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Udall, Brady Letting Loose the Hounds W. W. Norton 1997 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or993193. ISBN #039304033X / 9780393040333. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Udall, Brady Letting Loose the Hounds W. W. Norton 1997 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or993193. ISBN #039304033X / 9780393040333. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Ten quirky, bighearted tales from the contemporary West by an inspired storyteller at the beginning of his career. Think Rick Bass. Think Pam Houston. Think Walter Kirn. Set in the small towns of Utah and Arizona, most of these stories deal with letting loose or wanting to in all its forms. For the family hero in "Buckeye the Elder," this means reverting to a more raucous past. In the title story, under a galaxy-filled sky, there is the eerie thrill of possible revenge. Ansie, in "The Opposite of Loneliness," risks joining a distinctly eccentric family unit despite five failed marriages her "Purple Hearts" . The young men of "Vernon," home to 800 souls, dream of leaving but settle for the macho euphoria that comes from making loud noises and destroying things. And in "Junk Court," a handyman, not so handy with love, finds himself considering some breakout decisions. These are sad sweet stories, moving from the familiar to surprising destinations. But even when disaster looms, Brady Udall's fine comic sense keeps bubbling up, sustaining his men and women in their sometimes extravagant efforts to connect and cope. Plunged in the moment, these stories have velocity; they spray gravel as they take off.
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Uebbing, Daniel Last Cowboy 2008 paperback. Inscribed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1164500. ISBN #1934759139 / 9781934759134. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ullman, James Ramsey White Tower hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Book #or1013495. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ulman, Abigail Hot Little Hands: Fiction 2017 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133035. ISBN #081298918X / 9780812989182. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Ulman, Abigail Hot Little Hands: Fiction 2017 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1133035. ISBN #081298918X / 9780812989182. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary For fans of HBO s Girls, Abigail Ulman s heartbreakingly tender and often darkly funny fiction is a fresh take on the experiences of contemporary young women. A familiar yet highly inventive collection of short fiction which hits virtually all my buttons: dark humor, complex female characters, and a strong summer camp storyline. Lena Dunham, Lenny Claire is magnetic. On the cusp of adulthood and letting go of her adolescence one miserable responsibility at a time, she s moved from London to San Francisco to work toward her PhD and minor in cheap whiskey, pour-over coffee, and guys who can t be bothered to shower. When she finds out she s pregnant by a heartsick ex-boyfriend, the solution seems clear, if only to her. Kira is a talented thirteen-year-old Russian gymnast who leaves her traditional family to travel to America. Elise and Jenni, two Australian high school students, seek asylum from the hooking up and heavy drinking they ve been doing for years by reenrolling in their childhood sleepaway camp. Over the course of nine loosely connected stories, Hot Little Hands introduces us to young women, at once clever and na ve, who struggle to navigate the chronic uncertainty and very real dangers that come with being impatient for the future and reluctant to leave childhood behind. Abigail Ulman s voice feels of the moment sharp and powerful as she deftly explores ageless themes of sex and maturity among girls who are both confident and frighteningly exposed. Praise for Hot Little Hands In this sardonic, smart, and thoroughly modern debut collection, Ulman presents nine stories about young women on the verge of adulthood, motherhood, and more who make momentous decisions while delirious with desire. O: The Oprah Magazine Ulman excels at dialogue and narrative. The more you get to know her characters, the funnier it is to witness their verbal code-switching as they navigate between nosy parents, fumbling love interests, and trusted friends. That none of these stories is constrained by any need for tidy endings makes them all the more believable. The Atlantic Deftly written with a fresh and realistic style . . . Each female protagonist is wonderfully complicated and charming in her own way. Bookreporter The captivating women in this collection leave a lasting impression. Publishers Weekly Genuinely insightful . . . Hot Little Hands is the rare collection that portrays how life pivots around mundane moments as readily as earth-shaking events. Shelf Awareness It is rare for a collection to so adeptly capture the way life can be at once facile and intense. Ulman s details are lifelike and droll, her style lucid and engaging, and the overall effect stirring. Kirkus Reviews A noteworthy debut. . . . Ulman writes without judgment, and this is what gives her characters life. They are multifaceted, flawed beings sometimes victims of others, but often victims of their own actions in whom readers will recognize flashes of themselves. Booklist The stories are beautifully paced, the dialogue perfect. There is a lovely comedy underpinning the cool tone. Often this becomes hilarious, but it is also controlled and well-judged. Abigail Ulman knows how to write a story, manage a buildup, hold your attention, suggest that somehow nothing much is happening while, in fact, everything is going on. Colm T ib n, author of Brooklyn From the Hardcover edition.
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Umrigar, Thrity Space Between Us 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1119209. ISBN #006079156X / 9780060791568. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Umrigar, Thrity Space Between Us 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1119209. ISBN #006079156X / 9780060791568. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Poignant, evocative, and unforgettable, The Space Between Us is an intimate portrait of a distant yet familiar world. Set in modern-day India, it is the story of two compelling and achingly real women: Sera Dubash, an upper-middle-class Parsi housewife whose opulent surroundings hide the shame and disappointment of her abusive marriage, and Bhima, a stoic illiterate hardened by a life of despair and loss, who has worked in the Dubash household for more than twenty years. A powerful and perceptive literary masterwork, author Thrity Umrigar's extraordinary novel demonstrates how the lives of the rich and poor are intrinsically connected yet vastly removed from each other, and how the strong bonds of womanhood are eternally opposed by the divisions of class and culture.
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Un-Su Kim, Kim-Russell, Sora Plotters 4th Estate 2010 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1166940. ISBN #0008315779 / 9780008315771. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Unamuno, Miguel De Three Exemplary Novels paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099997. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Undset, Sigrid Cross: Kristin Lavransdatter III Vintage Books 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or870076. ISBN #0394752910 / 9780394752914. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Undset, Sigrid Mistress Of Husaby: Kristin Lavransdatter II 1987 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1070435. ISBN #0394752937 / 9780394752938. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Unger, Lisa Crazy Love You Touchstone 2015 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1045491. ISBN #1451691203 / 9781451691207. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Unger, Lisa Crazy Love You Touchstone 2015 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1045491. ISBN #1451691203 / 9781451691207. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel with "the most unreliable narrator since Nick Dunne in Gone Girl ... Unger is at the top of her game here." Booklist starred review Darkness has a way of creeping up when Ian is with Priss. Even when they were kids, playing in the woods of their small upstate New York town, he could feel it. Still, Priss was his best friend, his salvation from the bullies who called him "loser" and "fatboy"... and from his family's deadly secrets. Now that they've both escaped to New York City, Ian no longer inhabits the tortured shell of his childhood. He is a talented and successful graphic novelist, and Priss...Priss is still trouble. The booze, the drugs, the sex--Ian is growing tired of late nights together trying to keep the past at bay. Especially now that he's met sweet, beautiful Megan, whose love makes him want to change for the better. But Priss doesn't like change. Change makes her angry. And when Priss is angry, terrible things begin to happen...
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Unsworth, Barry Losing Nelson 2000 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1131593. ISBN #0393321177 / 9780393321173. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Unsworth, Barry Losing Nelson 2000 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1131593. ISBN #0393321177 / 9780393321173. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "Stunningly original. . . . Pulpy and juicy, full of wisdom and horror." Los Angeles Times Book Review Losing Nelson is a novel of obsession, the story of Charles Cleasby, a man unable to see himself separately from the hero Lord Horatio Nelson he mistakenly idolizes. He is, in fact, a Nelson biographer run amok. He is convinced that Nelson, Britain's greatest admiral, who lost his own life defeating Napoleon in the Battle of Trafalgar, is the perfect hero. However, in his research he has come upon an incident of horrifying brutality in Nelson's military career that simply stumps all attempts at glorification. "Books about the sea and those who sail it are much in vogue. This seems to have been set off by the surprising and much deserved popularity of Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm , not to mention the Aubrey Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian. . . . Losing Nelson is the best book of the lot." Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World 1999 Critic's Choice . A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1999; A New York Times Notable Book of 1999. Reading group guide available.
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Unsworth, Barry Morality Play W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated 1996 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151137. ISBN #0393315606 / 9780393315608. (keywords: GREAT BRITAIN FICTION HISTORICAL MYSTERY DETECTIVE GENERAL BARBER NICHOLAS FICTITIOUS CHARACTER Catholic Church, Clergy, England, Theater,) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Unsworth, Barry Songs Of The Kings 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088406. ISBN #0393322831 / 9780393322835. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Unsworth, Barry Songs Of The Kings 2004 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088406. ISBN #0393322831 / 9780393322835. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "Pure gold....One of the best books by this most versatile of writers." Penelope Lively "Troy meant one thing only to the men gathered here, as it did to their commanders. Troy was a dream of wealth; and if the wind continued the dream would crumble." As the harsh wind holds the Greek fleet trapped in the straits at Aulis, frustration and political impotence turn into a desire for the blood of a young and innocent woman blood that will appease the gods and allow the troops to set sail. And when Iphigeneia, Agamemnon's beloved daughter, is brought to the coast under false pretences, and when a knife is fashioned out of the finest and most precious of materials, it looks as if the ships will soon be on their way. But can a father really go to these lengths to secure political victory, and can a daughter willingly give up her life for the worldly ambitions of her father? Throwing off the heroic values we expect of them, Barry Unsworth's mythic characters embrace the political ethos of the twenty-first century and speak in words we recognize as our own. The blowhard Odysseus warns the men to not "marginalize" Agamemnon and to "strike while the bronze is hot." High-sounding principles clash with private motives, and dark comedy ensues. Here is a novel that stands the world on its head.
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Upadhyay, Samrat Guru Of Love Houghton Mifflin Company 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or943587. ISBN #0618382682 / 9780618382682. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Upadhyay, Samrat Guru Of Love Houghton Mifflin Company 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or943587. ISBN #0618382682 / 9780618382682. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From the acclaimed author of Arresting God in Kathmandu, The Guru of Love is the engrossing story of a fevered love triangle set in contemporary Nepal. Ramchandra, a quiet math teacher, reluctantly enters into an adulterous relationship, and soon his double lives disastrously converge. When Goma, his wife by arranged marriage, learns of his affair, she demands that his mistress move into their small quarters. Unable to dissuade her, Ramchandra finds his desires and fears living side by side. Goma proves to be far shrewder than she seems, entering into a surprising alliance with his mistress. And Ramchandra finds himself trapped -- both in his house and in his city, Kathmandu, a crowded place where secrets are impossible to keep and family matters dictate. Ultimately, his only escape is to let go of someone he loves. Absorbing, sexy, and psychologically acute, The Guru of Love radiates compassion and rare insight.
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Upcher, Caroline Down By The Water 2001 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1040253. ISBN #0060185686 / 9780060185688. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Upcher, Caroline Down By The Water 2001 hardcover. First Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1040253. ISBN #0060185686 / 9780060185688. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Hope Collins-Calder is beginning to lose her grip: she has a high-powered real estate job in the Hamptons that keeps her permanently stressed, an ex-husband she can't get out of her mind, a current husband she is beginning to regret, and three children who are running wild. When her latest child-care person leaves her in the lurch, she asks Eddie, her husband -- an Englishman hopelessly out of his depth working at an American publishing house -- if he will call his sister in London for the name of a good British nanny. Annabel Quick arrives on the scene, but Mary Poppins she is not. Annabel is fifteen years older than Hope, unmarried, brokenhearted, and until a recent mysterious fire, lived with her mother all her adult life, She has come to the United States, and to this job, in search of a brief escape. And since Hope can't afford to be picky, Annabel gets the job. Annabel sets about getting the Collins-Calder house in order, and finds to her surprise that as she does so, her own heart slowly begins to heal. When she meets Sheldon, a handsome local carpenter with penetrating blue eyes who has come to work on the house, she feels the stirring of emotions she thought she'd buried long ago. Sheldon's world offers Annabel a chance to move beyond the unhappiness that brought her to the United States in the first place. However, Annabel can't ignore the torch that Hope seems to carry for her ex, and as the summer unfolds, and marriages and old feelings are tested, Annabel becomes more a part of the family than she bargained for. And she and Hope each discover the surprises and promises of romance in this exceptionally entertaining, emotionally staggering, and positively original novel from a first-class writer.
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Updike, John Brazil Knopf 1994 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1094820. ISBN #0679430717 / 9780679430711. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Updike, John Brazil Knopf 1994 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1094820. ISBN #0679430717 / 9780679430711. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary They meet by chance on Copacabana Beach: Tristao Raposo, a poor black teen from the Rio slums, surviving day to day on street smarts and the hustle, and Isabel Leme, an upper-class white girl, treated like a pampered slave by her absent though very powerful father. Convinced that fate brought them together, betrayed by families who threaten to tear them apart, Tristao and Isabel flee to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west -- unaware of the astonishing destiny that awaits them . . . Spanning twenty-two years, from the mid-sixties to the late eighties, BRAZIL surprises and embraces the reader with its celebration of passion, loyalty, and New World innocence. "A tour de force . . . Spectacular." -- Time "Updike's novel, as tender as it is erotic, becomes a magnificently wrought love story . . . . Beautifully written." -- Detroit Free Press From the Paperback edition.
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Updike, John Gertrude And Claudius 2000 hardcover. . Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1024370. ISBN #0375409084 / 9780375409080. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Updike, John Gertrude And Claudius 2000 hardcover. . Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1024370. ISBN #0375409084 / 9780375409080. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary John Updikes's nineteenth novel tells the story of Claudius and Gertrude, King and Queen of Denmark, before the action of Shakespeare's Hamlet begins. Employing the nomenclature and certain details of the ancient Scandinavian legends that first describe the prince who feigns madness to achieve revenge upon his father's slayer, Updike brings to life Gertrude's girlhood as the daughter of King Rorik, her arranged marriage to the man who becomes King Hamlet, and her middle-aged affair with her husband's younger brother. A dark-eyed dreamer with a taste for foreign adventure, he for decades has sought to quell his love for Gertrude, and at last returns to an Elsinore whose prince is generally elsewhere. Gaps and inconsistencies within the immortal play are to an extent filled and explained in this prequel; the figure of Polonius, especially, takes on a larger significance. Beginning in the aura of pagan barbarism, and anticipating Renaissance humanism and empiricism, this modern retelling of a medieval tale presents the case for its royal couple that Shakespeare only hinted at. Gertrude and Claudius are seen afresh against a background of fond intentions and familial dysfunction, on a stage darkened by the ominous shadow of a sullen, disaffected prince.
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Updike, John Hugging The Shore: Essays And Criticisms By John Updike Vintage Books 1984 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or949132. ISBN #0394724976 / 9780394724973. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Updike, John Hugging The Shore: Essays And Criticisms By John Updike Vintage Books 1984 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or949132. ISBN #0394724976 / 9780394724973. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Since 1960 the novelist and poet has been reviewing books for the "New Yorker", and the reviews of the last eight years make up the bulk of this volume. Authors include Edmund Wilson, Vladimir Nabokov, Franz Kafka, Muriel Spark, Anne Tyler, Italo Calvino, Henry Green, Robert Pinget, L.E. Sissman, R.K. Narayan and Roland Barthes. He also writes of actresses Louise Brooks and Doris Day and golfers Sam Snead and Arnold Palmer.
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