John Updike 1932-2009

John Updike 1932-2009


John Updike (image courtesy of Tsutpen)

Reminiscences at the New Yorker

A series of interviews with Charlie Rose

Martin Amis in The Guardian

This entry was posted by poacher on Wednesday, January 28. 2009 at 16:27. and is filed under books. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog. All new comments are subject to moderation before being displayed.

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  1. whispering dave says:
    #1 2009-01-28 18:47 (Reply)

    "He alone could hold his head up with the great Jews".

    A very Amis line.

  2. poacher says:
    #1.1 2009-01-28 20:41 (Reply)

    Aye. I still think he's a very good literary critic, Amis - just says some fucking teeth-grindingly gauche things.


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