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John Updike

Born

in Shillington, Pennsylvania, The United States

March 18, 1932

Died

January 27, 2009

Genre

Fiction

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Henry Green, Vladimir Nabokov, Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Kafka, P ...more

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John Hoyer Updike was an American writer. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest; and Rabbit Remembered). Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest both won Pulitzer Prizes for Updike. Describing his subject as "the American small town, Protestant middle class," Updike is well known for his careful craftsmanship and prolific writing, having published 22 novels and more than a dozen short story collections as well as poetry, literary criticism and children's books. Hundreds of his stories, reviews, and poems have appeared in The New Yorker since the 1950s. His works often explore sex, faith, and death, and their inter-relationships.

He died of lung cancer at age 76. ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 308,942 ratings · 22,255 reviews · 800 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 61,390 ratings — published 1960 — 197 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rabbit Is Rich (Rabbit Angstrom, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 17,437 ratings — published 1981 — 98 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rabbit at Rest (Rabbit Angstrom, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,034 ratings — published 1990 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rabbit Redux (Rabbit Angstrom, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 15,994 ratings — published 1971 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Witches of Eastwick 3.22 avg rating — 17,765 ratings — published 1984 — 141 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Couples 3.58 avg rating — 5,643 ratings — published 1968 — 123 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Centaur 3.70 avg rating — 4,818 ratings — published 1963 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terrorist 3.17 avg rating — 4,637 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twelve Terrors of Christmas by John Updike, Edward Gorey (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 2,910 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brazil 3.45 avg rating — 2,899 ratings — published 1994 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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