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This "Quasi-Novel" lacks two crucial ingredients of a good book: interesting characters and an interesting plot. Very very rarely was anything worth reading, which was disappointing since Updike has such a reputation.

This "Quasi-Novel" lacks two crucial ingredients of a good book: interesting characters and an interesting plot. Whole sections seem like nothing more than name-dropping, not writing.

Updike's other novels range widely in subject and locale, from The Poorhouse Fair, about a home for the aged that seems to be a microcosm for . Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel Ballantine Books Fawcett Crest Book Fawcett Crest.

Updike's other novels range widely in subject and locale, from The Poorhouse Fair, about a home for the aged that seems to be a microcosm for society as a whole, through The Court (1978), about a revolution in Africa, to The Witches of Eastwick (1984), in which Updike tries to write from inside the sensibilities of three witches. in contemporary New England. The Centaur (1963) is a subtle, complicated allegorical novel that won Updike the National Book Award in 1964.

Series: Quasi-Novels. Hardcover: 241 pages. Bech at Bay is the last in the trilogy of novels about Henry Bech, John Updike's Jewish alter-ego

Series: Quasi-Novels. Bech at Bay is the last in the trilogy of novels about Henry Bech, John Updike's Jewish alter-ego. It lacks some of the prose sparkle of the last two Bech books, and as such, does not quite have the head of steam necessary to fulfill even Updike's modest goals. One is to make us laugh, which he accomplishes sometimes but not nearly enough for our effort and the second is to make observations about art, life, and creativity, which he does in abundance, stretching the believability of the plot and the characters to the breaking point.

Bech at Bay," Updike's third Bech book, contains five crisp short stories about the anxieties and desires of Henry Bech, the "moderately well-known Jewish American writer.

0 a shame this book has passed out of popularity a/k/a a gem waiting to be discovered. Those that didn't appear, like John Irving and John Fowles, garrulously, Dickensianly reacdtionary in method seemed, like John Hawkes and John Barth, smugly, hermetically experimental. Bech at Bay," Updike's third Bech book, contains five crisp short stories about the anxieties and desires of Henry Bech, the "moderately well-known Jewish American writer. Updike is as smart and witty here as ever.

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John Hoyer Updike was an American writer, poet, literary critic and novelist. John Updike was popular for many of his previous books but he rose to great eminence with his novel ‘Rabbit Run’ that was published in 1960. He was born on 18th March 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Updike was the only child of Wesley Russell Updike, a mathematics teacher and an aspiring writer Linda Grace Hoyer. His mother’s writing passion became a major influence on young John. This book gave birth to one of the most famed American characters of the 20th century; Harry (Rabbit) Angstrom. His story starts in high school where he was appreciated as a terrific basketball player.

splendid new book makes exciting revelations, provides crackling good . A sophisticated novel that contains some of Updike’s best writing.

splendid new book makes exciting revelations, provides crackling good fun, and charts the renewability of life by developing, in supple, resonant prose, the character of an old poop who seems unworthy of his scrutiny. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Bech at Bay brings readers amusingly up to date on the life and times of Bech, a neurotic Jewish novelist. The writing still shows his famous descriptive luxuriance.

Bech at Bay: A Quasi-Novel Paperback – October 5, 1999. John Updike has given us a multitude of memorable characters, but none more lovable than the high-minded, mild-mannered, rather hapless writer Henry Bech. Chicago Tribune Witty, acute, and surprisingly affecting. by. John Updike (Author). Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Updike at his most interesting and engaging. The Washington Post Book World Bech at Bay is brilliant. From the Inside Flap.

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