1. Louis Menand's Updike piece is of course terrific, but.... http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2014/04/28/140428crbo_books_menand?currentPage=all …
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12. Beyond gender stereotypes, also fact that, although widow of famous man, Martha Updike is private citizen. Seems wrong to target her.
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13. Martha Updike's unwillingness to co-operate posed a problem for Begley as biographer which I don't think he solved.
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@HeerJeet Perhaps it depends on what you think of the later novels. If you think they constitute a decline you look for someone to blame. -
@WillWargo Yes, I think that's the implicit message of Begley's book: Mary was Muse, Martha started U's long decline. Very simplistic.
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