My Father'S Tears And Other Stories Av John Updike

<p>John Updike was a master storyteller, and this collection, from his final years, reveals that up to the end he remained the finest short-story writer of his generation.<br><br>''Magnificent, exhilarating, crisply evocative, rippling with irony. Updike''s genius can be seen on peak form. With this book, a talent that burnt brightly goes out in a blaze of brilliance'' <i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>''A haunting valedictory alive with characteristic preoccupations: small-town life; "domestic duplicity"; travel; aging rituals; and the transience of existence. This is a collection filled with nuanced observations, descriptive flair and sentences that stop you in your tracks'' <i>Metro</i></p>