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Posts Tagged ‘ books ’

Bad First Impressions of Literary Giants – John Updike

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January 26, 2012
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I first became aware of John Updike in 2006, when his final novel Terrorist was published but didn’t bother to check him out until recently when I came across this novel. Having read so much praise for the legendary writer, who died in 2009, I prepared myself to be blown away. Then, as I...
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BOOK: Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

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January 19, 2012
BOOK: Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

Published in 1999, David Foster Wallace’s collection of short stories, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, continued the acclaimed writer’s examination of the relationship between men and women from the perpspective of the male psyche. Below is the first page of the book, a brief introduction titled ‘A Radically Condensed History of Postindustrial Life’, which...
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