In the Beauty of the Lilies - John Updike

The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike

of this there will be hell to pay, hell on Earth for Darryl. A wonderful book but for once the film was actually better. The book has lots of colourful descriptions of the town and surrounding countryside but it does not move along as quickly as the reader would like. There is truly more content to the book and the writing is crisp and easy to follow, it just lacks pace. Read this book but watch the film as well. Highly recommended. Written by John ...

Rabbit Redux - John Updike

The roles are reversed in the second part of John Updike s Rabbit quadrilogy as Rabbit Armstrong s wife leaves him holding the baby! After being brought to heel by the coventions of family life that he tried to avoid in Rabbit Run , Rabbit now finds himself struggling to fill the void left in their son s life by his wife s absence, as well as holding down a job and adapting to life in the late 1960s. The addition of a teenage runaway (Jill) and a young black radical (Skeeter) to this uncoventional family stretches Rabbit s resolve to breaking point, as sexual tension, suspicion and recreational drug abuse leads the cast of characters down a slippy path. Genuinely ...

Marry Me - John Updike

Introduction In my quest to widen the type of books that I read, I borrowed this from a friend, who strongly recommended it. I’ve read some good reviews of John Updike’s books in the past, although have never read any of his work. Realising that he wrote Witches of Eastwick did make me wonder what I’d let myself in for and to be honest, until nearly half way through the book, I nearly gave up. Luckily for me, I didn’t, because I would have missed a good novel, if somewhat irritating at times. The story Marry Me is the story of two couples, Jerry and Ruth Conant and Richard and Sally Matthias. Both couples are successful, wealthy and have three children each. However, ...