Begley, Adam <br/><br/>
Updike 
/ Adam Begley 
 - First Edition. 
 - New York  : HaperCollins Publishers  , 2014 
 - 558 p.  ; 24 cm 
<br/><br/> Updike is Adam Begley's much-anticipated biography of one of the most celebrated figures in American literature: Pulitzer Prize - winning author John Updike -- a candid, intimate, and richly detailed look at his life and work. In this magisterial biography, Adam Begley offers an illuminating portrait of John Updike, the acclaimed novelist, poet, short-story writer, and critic who saw himself as a literary spy in small - town and suburban America, who dedicated himself to the task of transcribing "middleness with all its grits, bumps and anonymities." Drawing from in-depth research as well as interviews with the writer's colleagues, friends, and family, Begley explores how Updike's fiction was shaped by his tumultuous personal life -- including his enduring religious faith, his two marriages, and his first-hand experience of the "adulterous society" he was credited with exposing in the bestselling Couples. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780061896453 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013039246 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Updike, John (1932-2009) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authors, American---20th century----Biography
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3571.P4  / Z556 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>92 UPD