"Brilliant...It must be read. It is the best novel about America to come out of America for a very, very long time." -- The Washington Post Book World
"Powerful John Updike with his precisian's prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a master." -- The New York Times Book Review
"The most authoritative and most magical portrait yet written of the past four decades of American life." -- Time
"A rich and rewarding novel...Updike is working at the full height of his powers." -- The New York Times
"Brilliant...It must be read. It is the best novel about America to come out of America for a very, very long time." -- The Washington Post Book World
"Powerful John Updike with his precisian's prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a master." -- The New York Times Book Review
"The most authoritative and most magical portrait yet written of the past four decades of American life." -- Time
"A rich and rewarding novel...Updike is working at the full height of his powers." -- The New York Times
"Rich and rewarding . . . Updike is working at the full height of his powers."--"The New York Times"
"Brilliant . . . It must be read. It is the best novel about America to come out of America for a very, very long time.""--The Washington Post Book World"
"Powerful . . . John Updike with his precisian's prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a "master."--Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review"
Rich and rewarding . . . Updike is working at the full height of his powers. "The New York Times"
Brilliant . . . It must be read. It is the best novel about America to come out of America for a very, very long time. " The Washington Post Book World"
Powerful . . . John Updike with his precisian s prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a "master. Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review""
Rich and rewarding . . . Updike is working at the full height of his powers. The New York Times
Brilliant . . . It must be read. It is the best novel about America to come out of America for a very, very long time. The Washington Post Book World
Powerful . . . John Updike with his precisian s prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a master. Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review
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-Rich and rewarding . . . Updike is working at the full height of his powers.---The New York Times
-Brilliant . . . It must be read. It is the best novel about America to come out of America for a very, very long time.---The Washington Post Book World
-Powerful . . . John Updike with his precisian's prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a master.---Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review
"Rich and rewarding . . . Updike is working at the full height of his powers."--The New York Times
"Brilliant . . . It must be read. It is the best novel about America to come out of America for a very, very long time."
--The Washington Post Book World "Powerful . . . John Updike with his precisian's prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a
master."--Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review
