Odd Jobs: Essays And Criticism (1991)

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I wasn't actually planning to read this all the way through: I borrowed it from the library just to have a flick through it. However, I then came across Updike's comment in the introduction that only a ''chairbound agoraphobe'' would be able to read it cover-to-cover: well, that sounded like a challenge to me. This book really is a treasure-trove of great critical writing: Updike covers almost every subject you could think of (pop music, lecturing, feminism, film, TV, science, travel, etc etc.) and reviews an incredible number of contemporary writers. Almost every major writer in the world today gets a review in here and it all makes for a fascinating read.

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