Bech a Book
Publisher: Knopf
Published: May 12, 1970
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780394416380
First sentence: STUDENTS (not unlike yourselves) compelled to buy paperback copies of his novels-notably the first, Travel Light, though there has lately been some academic interest in his more surreal and "existential" and perhaps even "anarchist" second novel, Brother Pig-or encountering some easy from When the Saints in a shiny heavy anthology of mid-century literature costing $12.50, imagine that Henry Beck, like thousands less famous than he, is rich.
Description: Updike's most irresistible hero since Rabbit Angstrom is an author famous for his writer's block, a Jew adrift in a world of gentiles. As he roams from one adventure to the next, he view life with a blend of wonder and cynicism that will make readers laugh with delight and wince in recognition.