I loved his short stories when I was younger, as well as the Rabbit books (each one so true to the atmosphere of its decade); however, I have not kept up with his work very well since Bech (blecch!). My late mother was probably Updike's greatest fan. Back around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, she said that if Russia launched a nuke at us, she was going to jump in her car and drive really fast to Ipswich and tell John Updike that she loved him.
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