Bech at Bay
by John Updike
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Genesee Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102360
- Title
- Bech at Bay
- Author
- John Updike
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- John Updike
- Date Published
- 1998
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