Wednesday, April 09, 2008

My Favorite John Updike Novel Needs to be Rewritten?

by Ken Houghton

Scott Horton discovers that the guys at G-Mu (not these guys; the historians) have dropped James Buchanan to #2 in the Pantheon.

Memories of the Ford Administration (even though it elides Buchanan's homosexuality) may never be read the same again.

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// posted by Ken Houghton @ 2:42 AM
Comments:
Funny, my favorite Updike novels are his exotica--The Coup and Brazil. As for Memories, from proofreading the paperback for Ballantine I remember quite liking the contemporary sex scenes but thinking the Buchanan material was just a chance to recycle the research for his play.
# posted by Blogger Diamond Jim : Sat Apr 12, 01:19:00 AM
 
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