1. John Updike would've been 82 today if he lived. I'm working on a review-essay but a few twitter reflections.
5. Most of the severe judgments on JU come from selectively looking at only a portion of his writing.
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6. Vidal's view of JU as complacent celebrator of Americana looks very skewed if we considered JU's stranger books (The Coup, Brazil)
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@HeerJeet Disagree: *The Coup* is even more celebratory *because* it's written from (and neutralizes) an assumed outsider position. - Show replies
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