John Updike, Champion Literary Phallocrat, Drops One; Is This Finally the End for Magnificent Narcissists?
'Toward the End of Time' reads less like John Updike than like somebody doing a mean parody of John Updike.
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The 10 Best Travel Thrillers to Pick Up This Month
Now that August has arrived, these page-turners are the perfect reads to take on a lengthy plane ride or, if circumstances have you staycationing this year, to your favorite stretch of shoreline.
Haints Aren’t the Only Monsters in Tananarive Due’s ‘The Reformatory’
Due’s latest novel is honest horror that doesn’t hide behind Catholic trappings and elaborate effects.
