I agree wholeheartedly with all of this! For me, too, Nabakov is number 1, Updike number 2, but not lagging far behind. And for the reasons you state!
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Originally Posted by evollove
You're not reading the Rabbits in order?
We have remarkably similar bookshelves. A little eerie, actually.
Updike's my 2nd favorite author, after Nab. But I don't feel like writing an essay.
I'll just observe that his books are similar to each other: an unlikable main character, not a lot of action, stunning masterly prose. For some of us, this is heaven.
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