J.M. Spalding, Writer

I have to admit having read Paul Auster only once before this year. So when I picked up The Brooklyn Follies a few weeks ago, I was not sure what to expect, or where the book might take me. On reading the first page I thought it might be a long drawn out [...]

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Everyone who has taken a serious interest in the American novel (or any interest at all in late 20th century American writing) will know the name John Updike.  Not merely because Updike was (and though he has left us, still is) a heavyweight fiction writer, but also because of the wide appeal of his work, [...]

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