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
MORIAH JOVAN
Never underestimate the commercial value of mental illness.
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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.
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(Oh: I have G&C at home. Perhaps I should, in memoriam, finally open it.)
Indeed you should!
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Well, after I finish your Hamlet of course. Only about another 200pp to go.
Wow, you’re chugging right along! (A lot faster than I expected, given your dire warnings.)