RIP John Updike, whose Hamlet criticism and novel, Gertrude and Claudius, helped me sharpen and define for myself how I wanted to portray the villain in my book.
March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009
January 27th, 2009
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January 27th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
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Wow.
I guess that career retrospective I read in last Sunday’s paper was well timed.
Interestingly, for such a productive novelist, I only know him for his short stories, poetry, essays and cartoons.
January 27th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
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(Oh: I have G&C at home. Perhaps I should, in memoriam, finally open it.)
January 27th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Indeed you should!
January 27th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
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Well, after I finish your Hamlet of course. Only about another 200pp to go.
January 27th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Wow, you’re chugging right along! (A lot faster than I expected, given your dire warnings.)