Bech at Bay
Updike, John
ISBN 10: 037540368X ISBN 13: 9780375403682
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1998
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Synopsis:
Septuagenarian Jewish-American writer Henry Bech, the hero of Bech: A Book and Bech Is Back, confronts new challenges in his life, including a much-coveted Nobel Prize, an honor that stuns him. 75,000 first printing. BOMC. Tour.
About the Author: John Updike was born in 1932, in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker, and since 1957 has lived in Massachusetts. He is the father of four children and the author of over forty books, including collections of short stories, poems, and criticism. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the American Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Bech at Bay
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good