John Updike. First edition (stated) New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Both dust jacket and hardcover in Near Fine condition. An unclipped jacket, in a mylar protective wrapper. Jacket design by Ilonka Karasz. No writing or markings in this well preserved edition, 174 pp.
This was Updike's 9th adult book and his 4th novel. The premise of the book delt with a Manhattan ad executive who visits the Pennsylvania farm where he grew up.
John Updike was the recipient of almost every major artistic and literary honor, including the National Medal of the Arts and the Pulitzer Prize for Literature (twice), his most famous novels are "The Centaur," for which he won the National Book Award, "Couples" "The Witches of Eastwick," and the "Rabbit" books including "Rabbit, Run," "Rabbit Redux," "Rabbit is Rich," for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, and "Rabbit at Rest," for which he won the American Book Award and another Pulitzer.
