“He felt no need to answer. People lie to be merciful.”
Updike's work which focuses on the author’s common themes: spouses quarrel; lovers part; children are brave; and houses with their décor have the presence of personalities.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 316 pages. Dust jacket in very good condition. Boards clean with some fading and bumping to corners. Binding tight and square. Foxing on fore edge. Pages otherwise clear. Crisp copy.
