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The Poorhouse Fair

The Poorhouse Fair

Updike, John

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ISBN10: 0345468236
ISBN13: 9780345468239
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: Mar 13 2012
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.56 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
Brilliant . . . Here is the conflict of real ideas; of real personalities; here is a work of intellectual imagination and great charity. The Poorhouse Fair is a work of art.--The New York Times Book Review

The hero of John Updike's first novel, published when the author was twenty-six, is ninety-four-year-old John Hook, a dying man who yet refuses to be dominated. His world is a poorhouse--a county home for the aged and infirm--overseen by Stephen Conner, a righteous young man who considers it his duty to know what is best for others. The action of the novel unfolds over a single summer's day, the day of the poorhouse's annual fair, a day of escalating tensions between Conner and the rebellious Hook. Its climax is a contest between progress and tradition, benevolence and pride, reason and faith.

Praise for The Poorhouse Fair

A first novel of rare precision and real merit . . . a rich poorhouse indeed.--Newsweek

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