Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism

A page-turning collection of essays and literary criticism on topics ranging from books, writers, poker, cars, faith, and the American libido—from one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series.

"[Updike is] one of the best essayists and critics this country has produced in the last century."—The Los Angeles Times

Here Updike considers many books, some in introductions—to such classics as Walden, The Portrait of a Lady, and The ...