num_pages: 919
description: John Updike's fourth collection of nonfiction is his biggest and richest yet. The years have brought to him an increasing number of odd jobs, to which he has wittily responded. Here he contemplates our national monuments, the female body, the Fourth of July, the Gospel of Matthew, other writers, moralists, aspects of science, and more.
language: English
title: Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism
titlecomplete: Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism
genres: Books About Books, Literary Criticism, Criticism, Literature, Literary Fiction, Essays, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 86
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: Knopf