THE COMPLETE HENRY BECH
by Updike, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dustjacket
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About This Item
New York: Everyman's Library. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Book is in FINE condition - bright boards & sound binding. Dust jacket is in NF condition with mild soiling to rear cover else bright, intact & whole. SA 7/23 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Henry Bech, the celebrated author of Travel Light, has been scrutinized, canonized and vilified by critics and readers across the world. Here, the experiences of this bemused literary icon, one of Updike's greatest creations, are described in hilarious detail, as he travels the world struggling to break his writer's block; returns to his native America to find new success with Think Big, his all-time blockbuster; and visits communist Czechoslovakia, where he is greeted by a dizzyingly adoring public. Brilliantly comic and deeply poignant, The Complete Henry Bech is one of the greatest of all explorations of the writing life and of what happens when an writer becomes a literary celebrity.
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- JB's Book Vault (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5925
- Title
- THE COMPLETE HENRY BECH
- Author
- Updike, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Updike, Complete, Bech, Everyman's, Library, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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