![]() ![]() ![]() The jacket copy also has to mention that the author has two children, as he apparently kept busy and two more children had appeared when the second issue came out. The Carpentered Hen, despite being a slim volume of verse, tends to have a weak binding, so check to see if the text block has fallen forward much. His first three books, a book of poetry The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures (1958) a book of short stories, The Poorhouse Fair (1959) and a novel Rabbit, Run (1960) are all moderately scarce in fine condition. He is generous with his signature, and apparently open to offers from publishers of limited editions. Its not true that he publishes a new book every week, it just seems like it, and his cheery indifference to writers' block has probably made him an editor's dream. ![]() If you want to collect John Updike in detail, you'd better build an addition onto your library. Library of Congress 88 Books That Shaped America.Johnson Highspot of American Literature.Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Achievement.What makes a book an "Antiquarian Book"?. ![]()
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