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Originally Posted by h8kurdt
he decides to go on a 200 hundred ramble about the idea of writing about history etc.
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I told you those essay passages could be easily skipped. Or at least I meant to.
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Next to Nabokov, Updike is my favorite author.
But yes. He does have his obsessions. And it's always bothered/confused me when reading one of his masterful sentences to find the word "cunt" somewhere in there.
The first Rabbit book depressed me. The second is so dark and unpleasant. The third is merely melancholy, although I remember some funny bits. But I agree the forth is the best. The novella epilogue thing in LICKS OF LOVE: don't remember a thing about it.
Are you going to read another Updike next?