‘A lacerating story of loss and of seeking, written in prose that is charged with emotion but is always held under impeccable control.’ Kansas City Star There is real pain in the book, and a touch of awe.’ Norman Mailer, Esquire

‘The power of the novel comes from a sense, not absolutely unworthy of Thomas Hardy, that the universe hangs over our fates like a great sullen hopeless sky.

‘Brilliant and poignant… By his compassion, clarity of insight, and crystal-bright prose, makes Rabbit’s sorrow his and our own.’ The Washington Post He lived in Massachusetts from 1957 until his death in January 2009. His novels, stories, and non-fiction collections have won have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, the American Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Award and the Howells Medal. Collected Poems 1953-1993 brings together almost all of his verse, and a new edition of his Selected Poems is forthcoming from Hamish Hamilton. His essays and criticism first appeared in publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and are now collected into numerous volumes. He has written a number of collections of short stories, including The Afterlife and Other Stories and Licks of Love, which includes a final Rabbit story, Rabbit Remembered. He is the author of over fifty books, including The Poorhouse Fair the Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run Rabbit Redux Rabbit Is Rich Rabbit At Rest) Marry Me The Witches of Eastwick, which was made into a major feature film Memories of the Ford Administration Brazil In the Beauty of the Lilies Toward the End of Time Gertrude and Claudius and Seek My Face. John Updike was born in 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania.

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