Memories of the Ford administration
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Knopf :, 1992.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First trade edition.
Physical Desc:
371 pages ; 22 cm
Status:
Boulder Junction Adult Fiction
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Description
"Stunning...Alf's life and times are light and funny; Buchanan's are dark and serious. Alternating between the two, Mr. Updike entertains and instructs...in gorgeous prose."
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
When junior college professor Alfred Clayton is asked to record his impressions of the Ford Administration, he recalls a turbulent piece of personal history as well. In a decade of sexual liberation, Clayton was facing a doomed marriage and the passionate beginnings of a futile affair with an unattainable Perfect Wife. But one memory begets another: Clayton's unfinished book on James Buchanan. In John Updike's fifteenth novel, he masterfully alternates between the two men, two lives, two American centuries--one Victorian, the other modern--shining an irreverent, witty, and sometimes caustic light on the contrasting views of social fictions and sexual politics....
A MAIN SELECTION OF THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
From the Paperback edition.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
When junior college professor Alfred Clayton is asked to record his impressions of the Ford Administration, he recalls a turbulent piece of personal history as well. In a decade of sexual liberation, Clayton was facing a doomed marriage and the passionate beginnings of a futile affair with an unattainable Perfect Wife. But one memory begets another: Clayton's unfinished book on James Buchanan. In John Updike's fifteenth novel, he masterfully alternates between the two men, two lives, two American centuries--one Victorian, the other modern--shining an irreverent, witty, and sometimes caustic light on the contrasting views of social fictions and sexual politics....
A MAIN SELECTION OF THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
From the Paperback edition.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0679416811
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371).
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Updike, J. (1992). Memories of the Ford administration. First trade edition. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Updike, John. 1992. Memories of the Ford Administration. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Updike, John, Memories of the Ford Administration. Knopf, 1992.
MLA Citation (style guide)Updike, John. Memories of the Ford Administration. First trade edition. Knopf, 1992.
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