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Updike, John Couples Penguin Books Ltd 1987 Paperback Paperback in average condition, very readable but some creasing and yellowing of pages.They are sociable, articulate and unhappy; they enjoy sailing, basketball and skiing; they play word games in the evenings and adultery all the year round. Slipping in and out of affairs, they and their rituals are observed by the baleful eye of their self-appointed ringmaster, Freddie Thorne. John Updike's classic bestseller on the sexual games people play. Price: 2.00 GBP
Updike, John Golf Dreams Hamish Hamilton Ltd April 24, 1997 Hardcover Hardback with D/J (clipped) in very good condition, nearly like new.As a golfer for almost 40 years, John Updike has written frequently about the game. This gathering of his pieces covers many areas including the peculiar charms of bad golf and the satisfactions of an essentially losing struggle to the camaraderie of good golf and its own attendant perils. Price: 8.00 GBP
Updike, John In the Beauty of the Lilies Penguin Putnam~trade 1996 Paperback Paperback in good condition, some small creases to rear cover.AmazonWhen Clarence Wilmot, a Presbyterian clergyman, loses his faith and becomesan encyclopedia salesman, he opens the saga of one American family's twentieth-century relationship with God and all things religious.From Publishers WeeklyThe spiritual and sexual malaise of a multigenerational American family is the focus of Updike's masterful novel, a six-week PW bestseller. Price: 8.00 GBP
